I’m an introvert and I like going to work to do my job and go home. I don’t understand people who use a job as a substitute for friendship or marriage. It’s a means to an end.
The sooner I do my duties, the longer my downtime is going to be, and I love having my downtime.
Many of my colleagues see me and immediately start asking questions I don’t want to answer, but neither do I want to hurt their feelings, I mostly want to be left alone. In the past this has been deconstructed as arrogance and people with fragile egos feel insulted by my indifference to them and that I prefer to work than to talk to them.
The world is made by extroverts. I have observed that people are eager to help you if you give them attention. I don’t get it, but neither I’m not going to change how extroverts think or feel.
If I give them the attention they need for as long as they need it I’m going to end up with daily headaches and neither my job nor theirs is going to be done.
I want to appear approachable, but keeping the info I feed them to a minimum. How do I do that?
What do you talk about to your coworkers?
What do you say to stop conversation organically? (meaning they don’t get offended).
Some people ITT seem to think being introvert is like a disease, something that needs to be treated. Some seem to think they can self diagnosis this horrible disease for societal validation (you know, like autism /s).
Other people seem to think is all about being tired out of social interactions? Why? And since when.
introvert noun someone who is shy, quiet, and prefers to spend time alone rather than often being with other people
Is all about how someone acts. If they feel comfortable around others or not. Either you like being alone or not. And unless is directly related with work (like sales) , there is no such thing as a “social introvert”. Introverts don’t have the talent to call themselves social. Is more like a technique, something you fake until people stop bothering you.
There’s no such thing as shyness - it’s autism.
There’s no such thing as arrogance - it’s narcisism.
There’s no such thing as absent-minded - it’s ADHD.
There’s no such thing as selfish - it’s Antisocial Personality Disorder.
There’s no such thing as neuotypical - everyone is neurodivergent.
Pick a label and get in lane.