Where are you on the introvert/extrovert scale?

[Anonymous]

Where are you on the introvert/extrovert scale, and what is your ideal level of social interaction? Like how frequent do you want/crave socializing, or how often do you want/crave alone time?

I would say I'm introvert but closer to the ambivert side (INFJ). I'm great at small talk, am friendly and make friends easily (but I don't necessarily keep them because I get overloaded with "too much"). I work in person (teacher) and get PLENTY of social interaction all week, and crave alone time on weekends and evenings. I can handle one non-work social thing a week, but I really, really need time to recharge alone.

[Anonymous]

Ambivert

[Anonymous]

Introvert

[Anonymous]

I used to be a true ambivert but then had a really bad social experience with a friend group in my early 30s and now I'm an introvert (but really an ambivert with social anxiety). The older I get, the less interest I have in fixing my anxiety, though, so I think as a practical matter I'm just an introvert now.

[Anonymous]

I’m a sexy introvert

[Anonymous]

I am as introvert as they come

[Anonymous]

Left to right.
Left to right.
Right to left.

[Anonymous]

To copy a PP, I think I’m an ambivert with anxiety.

[Anonymous]

Oh, wow. I'm an introvert and an INTJ. Didn't know there was overlap with that.

[Anonymous]

I'm also INFJ, and I am 48% extrovert, 52% introvert.

[Anonymous]

I literally never crave interaction, and only do it because it’s socially acceptable and I am sometimes embarrassed to say how long it’s been since talking to anyone. I have to be in front of people Fridays and Saturdays, but sometimes don’t talk from Saturday afternoon until the following Friday.

I do sometimes crave interaction with dogs, so obviously I have to chat with their humans to do that.

[Anonymous]

In Myers Briggs I test as borderline I/E, and otherwise a strong NFJ.
I enjoy socializing, but I don't need to socialize. And when I do socialize, I need to recover after.

[Anonymous]

I'm an INFJ as well, and I'm sure I've become more introverted as I've aged. I'm friendly and good with small talk/chit-chat, but don't make friends easily as I've got some social anxiety. I feel lonely as I don't have any close friends in the DMV, and I'm bad at keeping in touch with my longtime friends out of state.

[Anonymous]

Extrovert 🙋🏻‍♀️

[Anonymous]

The Myers Briggs chart above doesn't make sense to me. At different points in my life, I have been both an INTP and an ENTP. I'm always right on the edge of I/E. I guess that makes me an Ambivert that leans towards an introvert? I truly want to be social, but I'm not great at it and I get tired after a while. In my younger days, I had a HUGE group of friends and I was one of the organizers. I am no longer like that.