Day 237: Introverts

Being alone is very nice and it give you time to think you can contemplate about the universe and even do the embarassing things you wish to do when people are not around, then you can overthink and drown in your thoughts, better yet, you will succumb to the very painful reality that you are in fact alone and has been faking the love for this solitude and you are in need of human interaction as well as shower.

People may be insufferable at times but you have to admit that you need them, if people from the earlier days did not find social conformity, then the concept of good hygiene would cease to exist. We've all been there.

Friends are awesome, except at times they go beyond the boundary and invade your personal space or even attack you so playfully that they laugh while targeting your deepest insecurities. but life is boring without friends, and even an introvert like me would say that.

Introverts are one of the most misunderstood kind of people in the world, next to people who refuse to shower in rainy day weekends. below is a list of how introverts are misunderstood and how they really mean.

disclaimer:
this list is pretty much subjective,

1. we want to be invited to every special occasion like birthdays and parties and there are times that we will even consider going out, but never dismiss us. give us the chance to reject the invitation politely,
2. we are not anti social, we just have bad past experiences or we are oiled this way. we may be recessive to people but that does not mean that we hate you, most of the time we hate ourselves
3. when we say we have friends despite being introverts, we mean we have like 3 or 4 people who really talk to,
4. We forget names, sorry.
5. sometimes our mind wanders off into the abyss while you are speaking, please bear with us
6. we may be picky, but some of us are great friends once you get to know us,
7. if we initiate conversations, it takes a lot of guts and bravery and it will be mentally and physically exhausting for us. so please, bear with us more.
8. most of us are not shy, we just don't like talking for the sake of talking
9. we have emotions to, but we always internalize them.
10. we don't don't like working in groups, though we thrive working alone, we can work in groups as long as our voice is heard
11. we are great listeners that's why we prefer not to talk first.
12. though being alone recharges us, we also crave human interaction
13. introverts are great leaders since they think everything through and contrary to popular belief, they can be great public speakers
14. sometimes we love the spotlight 
15. we can get lost in our head or thoughts 

As I've said earlier, this list is subjective and it may vary from one person to the other. 

When you see an introvert or sense one, just approach them like a normal person, or don't. But to disregard them as friends is wrong. we all need someone and some people and life would be boring if we have no one to share these moments with someone. Just don't leave out introverts in the conversation.