[Albatross2008]

I posted this on my Facebook page this morning. Was curious to get feedback. Those of us with introverted personalities, how many times have we been called "antisocial" or been accused of not liking people? Even the pages on Facebook that I subscribe to seem to get it wrong. Most of their posts are about social anxiety. That isn't what introversion is.

So I put this together, and I suppose I'm asking, am I right?

My post follows:
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A lot of people confuse "introvert" with "antisocial." I've been called antisocial a time or two in my life, and I'm not. Here is the difference. Picture a bunch of kids in the schoolyard, playing kickball. The extroverts are going to be in the thick of the activity. The introverts may or may not join in. Just as likely they'll be on the sidelines reading a book. The antisocial person comes along, kicks the ball up on the roof, and laughs at the reactions of protest.

So to sum up,

Extrovert: "I have fun participating in group activities."

Introvert: "I have fun doing my own thing, even if it isn't the same thing the group is doing."

Antisocial: "My fun is messing up other people's fun."

[MuseumGhost]

Those are very insightful distinctions to make. My brother and my favourite Uncle were the only 2 people I ever knew who didn't confuse my introverted, highly sensitive and artistic nature for something else (by tending to assume I was unfriendly, conceited, feeling superior, or worse.).

You've done a good job by gently spelling out the differences.

[Loose Screw x 2]

Arbie, you sound more like an ambivert. Ambiverts are a combo of introvert and extrovert. I'm an ambivert, leaning more toward introversion. I really would like to meet an ambivert woman who leans mostly toward extroversion. I like being an ambivert. It feels really positive and has helped me to come out of my shell a bit.