I've been an introvert all my life. When I was a kid, I was picked on by extroverts. I was made to feel like I wasn't okay, like something was wrong with me just for being myself. I was bullied, made fun of and miserable all growing up, by kids who seemed to be out for nothing but to hurt me... and then people have the NERVE to ask me why I'm shy?? Is shy a bad thing??? I've always been told that being shy is bad and something that losers are, and I've also been bullied by other kids constantly.

Why talk, when it just gets you made fun of and bullied? Why say anything to people who are only out to hurt you?

It's the same old story. The happy, peppy extroverts who come along once in a while and ask me why I don't talk much, and then later snicker at me behind my back, and whisper that I'm probably some evil violent psychopath or weird loser because I don't talk to THEM. If they really want to know why I don't talk to them, maybe they should check their snide superiority complex.

Sometimes they pretend to be nice and cover their asses by saying, "I used to be quiet, too, until I broke out of my shell".... WHAT SHELL???? Are you implying that there's something wrong with me that needs to be changed??? Am I not good enough for you???? *$#@ off. I don't owe you a single thing. You've done nothing for me, that's for sure.