I’m very introverted
Love being by myself
Less stressful
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I used to be an introvert in my childhood up until schizophrenia onset.
I think hostile brainwashing had a great part in me being an introvert.
I have improved a great deal since then, can’t be considered an introvert now!
I was an introvert before Piracetam. It made me a flaming extrovert for a short while, but then I went manic and psychotic from abusing it. Back to introvert now.
I can hold my own on a phone all day at work, even when getting yelled at by customers. I DJ events every so often. I used to be a technical trainer and I still teach some photography courses. Doing this wears me down and I’m screwed if I don’t get a chance to recharge on the weekend.
Of course, I like to hide in a quiet room and play with electronics given my druthers.
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A person can be introverted, extraverted, or anything in between and have schizophrenia. The two issues are unrelated.
The neurology and self reports of introverts indicates that they are using their conscious thought processes much more heavily than non-introverts [Quiet]. This is why they often find that their responses are just a bit too slow for conversation, that people tend to change the subject just before they were going to make a contribution, and why they tend to get exhausted by social situations. Essentially, they lack (or have weakened) pre-conscious brain modules that handle the intricacies of conversation.
Schizophrenic people lack (or have weakened) pre-conscious brain modules related to social interactions, reading faces and body language, reading or modulating voice inflection, monitoring personal space, evaluating threat based on noise, etc.
If that sounds like introverts belong in that list to you, then you’re not alone. There are psychologists who suggest that introversion is just one of the milder subsets of autism. See A Theory About Introversion, Extroversion, and Autism.
Any good theory should explain some things that a previous theory can’t. The old idea that “introvert” was just another word for “shy” doesn’t hold up very well. There are plenty of people who love going out, but still become exhausted by it and need to recharge. What the new theory suggest is that extroversion (the desire and willingness to go out and talk to people) is not necessarily the opposite of introversion. You can be an extroverted introvert. You crave and enjoy human interaction, but still find you have to work harder to keep up in conversation and become tired more quickly.
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great read @InnerCircle
I don’t grow tired
in fact I’m more invigorated by it.
Just present me with anything, and I’ll take it on.
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I’m Probably as introverted as I can be. If I could I would never leave my house
I’m introverted as well. And I have been all of my life. I almost have no idea how to interact with other human beings. Especially strangers.
In 2011-2012 I was very extroverted at times while psychotic. I have the ability to be social but there’s a barrier blocking me usually. And then when I’m psychotic it’s too much extroversion.
I was definitely an extrovert when I was young, being with people made me so happy and uplifted but somewhere along the way that changed. Now I get so overwhelmed even with a little contact with people. Even the people I live with overwhelm me if they don’t give me my space. I just need a lot of alone time to recharge.
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i think i’m like 56% extroverted lol,
when i took the personality test it said i was like a Jock in high school or something maybe a quarterback 
quite liked that, was never nerdy or anything growing up but i’m not dumb either
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I’m very introverted.
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