I am an introvert and have been bullied through high school and sometimes through primary school.

It took me lots of years to learn to laugh at myself, and I'm still learning.

I've always been selective with people and always will be.

What most extroverts don't get is that you may be an introvert but not shy. I am not shy, if I don't speak is because I don't want to, not because I can't. Anyway, the typical "oh you don't speak much do you?" still bothers me.