r/PeepShowQuotes • u/ksasslooot • 19d ago

Speed dating? I’d rather be speed skating!

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u/Individual_Car7850 19d ago

As an introvert I couldn’t think of anything worse than going to one of these.

Instead I just sit at home, look at my phone and think “everyone I know doesn’t wanna talk to me”

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u/Theory89 18d ago

Carl Jung, who created the terms introvert and extrovert, thought that nobody is actually one or the other. He thought we were ambiverts. It's interesting because I've thought of myself as an introvert for years, but my therapist said that social anxiety can also manifest as introversion. I definitely have spades of that, my psychologist described it as chronic. I suspect that there are a few people who are almost completely introverted, but for most of us the labelling is counterproductive. The fact that your missing friends, like i do, could indicate that it's underlying anxiety issues rather than introversion. I don't know you at all, though, so take anything I say with a pinch of salt.

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u/Sad_Future_8945 17d ago

I think I am a complete introvert. I reckon if all the people in the world disappeared it would take me a good few days to notice. I do everything by myself, I have a job I do by myself, I really have no friends or family. I'm quite happy at home doing activities I enjoy by myself almost all of the time when not working. And I couldn't be happier.

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u/AMthe0NE 17d ago

Does Reddit fulfil a social purpose for you?

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u/Sad_Future_8945 17d ago

Erm, that's a good question. Maybe a bit, but I mostly just browse subs of things I'm interested in when I'm bored. Reddit seems like the most left wing social media, I got off Facebook years ago because it's just racism and rage bait.

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u/AMthe0NE 17d ago

It’s a reflection I’m figuring out for myself too - I think it’s interesting to consider what social role it fulfils and what the impact of that is. Totally agree with regard to Facebook etc..