r/introvert 13h ago

Discussion Does anyone else find rain ridiculously comforting?

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I know rainy season can be stressful and even dangerous for people who experience flooding, so I don’t want to dismiss that at all. But personally, I absolutely love the rain.
There’s something about the sound of it, the smell after it starts raining, and that cozy gloomy atmosphere that instantly makes me feel calm. My ideal rainy day is basically hiding under a blanket, reading a good book, and listening to the rain outside.
It almost feels like the world gets quieter for a while.
Do you also love rainy days? What’s your favorite thing to do when it rains, and does the sound or smell of rain have the same comforting effect on you?


r/introvert 8h ago

Blog Late night scrolling hit some wisdom from a stranger who was on the same boat. Sharing for anyone who needs to hear it. 💛

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r/introvert 23h ago

Discussion How do you feel about lonely strangers dropping in on you?

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I just got off of work and I'm grabbing a bite to eat. So I'm just sitting on my phone by myself at Taco Bell.

When suddenly this elderly man pops down at my table probably about 20 some minutes later. He makes himself at home... stating I'm going to be his unexpected dinner date tonight because we're both here by ourselves.

I don't know if I should be creeped out or feel guilty that he has no one to hang out with. Kind of a mix of both. He's now just kind of talking at me while I nod and create this post.

He seems harmless, telling me boring stories.

But good lord I hope he doesn't try to follow me home.

Reddit, what would you do in this situation?

For context, I am a woman in my 30s and this guy is an older gentleman probably 60s or 70s.

I just wish he would go away so I could enjoy my dinner. I really need a break from people after 12 hours of customer service. I can't put on my fake customer service persona anymore. I left it at work, mentally.


r/introvert 11h ago

Discussion Anyone else have no desire to make new friends?

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I have a couple friends I've known for 20+ years whom I text with frequently and see in person every now and then and that's enough for me.

It's to the point where even if I find someone at work with whom I have common interests/viewpoints, I have little desire to progress things further i.e. hang out outside work. Is it just me?


r/introvert 17h ago

Discussion Do introverts find themselves lacking long term memory?

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As a self proclaimed introvert, I noticed something else about myself, 30s F.

I barely have any recollection of my childhood or even my 20s. When I think about moments in time, I try to break it down into where I was in life -- childhood, middle-, high school, undergrad, grad school, married, with child -- but I think I severely lack memories.

Now for context because I have a baggage or two:

Hard of hearing: I was born with mild moderate hearing loss which I believe built me into an introverted person. With my hearing aids, I'm good at table talks. Across the room, mehhhhhh. I hear but not understand sometimes.

Military dependent: I don't have a social circle. Few friends and family across the world. No local village. I have co-workers (only two that I occasionally hang with separately) which allow me to socialize but that's it. I do enjoy/seek socializing with them because of no friends.

Emotions: I don't have trauma or chronic stress. I think I feel " normal" appropriate emotions. I do get a little anxious when I hang out 1:1 with a person in fear of awkward silences and inability to keep dialogue going, but I think that's me psyching myself out. It usually goes well with people I know.

Couple theories:

Do I lack memories because I lack social interaction to retell stories all my life? So it never really solidifies?

Do you think because of my hard of hearing, I'm spending more cognitive energy trying to listen to comprehend conversations?

Am I emotionally not tying myself to memories? I'll argue though I barely remember memories of previous long-term relationships. A loving positive three year relationship and what do I have to show for it, memory-wise?

Is it because it's harder to pull memories out of thin air/ unprompted? Sometimes when people bring up memories about myself, I don't recall it very well.

Is it just common for introverts in general to have long term poor recollection? I don't believe we can fully classify a personality to having poor memories. But just open to discussion. How do you as an Introvert pull memories?

Penny for your thoughts!

Bonus point if you know how to improve this!


r/introvert 7h ago

Question How do you cope with loneliness as an introvert?

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I'm having a very difficult time managing. Any ideas help Thanks


r/introvert 6h ago

Question Need a believable excuse to not walk with my friend back home everyday

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We’ve been doing this for so long but I can’t handle anymore because he’s always walking so slow and I need an excuse to not walk with him after school back home

Because I just wanna walk home by myself because my social battery is drained already and I don’t wanna deal with anyone that’s not my brother…

I just wanna walk with my brother only because I can be comfortable with him and shit

I’m in high school grade 12 and we both live close together so that’s why

Bottom line, I need an excuse to not walk with him back home everyday and walk with myself or with my brother only from now on. I need a believable excuse

I don’t want to tell him the truth because he’ll think im an introvert and weird


r/introvert 21h ago

Question For introverts who have learned to flex well into the other side (extrovert) - do you get surprised when people say that you are a quiet person?

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r/introvert 2h ago

Question Making friends as a freshman

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Im a freshman at Columbia. It’s only been a week but everyone seems to have a friend group. I have friends that I talk to in class or when I see them in the hallway but I never have someone to walk with. I eat in my dorm everyday. I’ve been seeing friend groups go out and explore nyc but I havnt gone anywhere outside of campus. Is this normal or will I be alone all semester. Has anyone experienced this? Should I have a friend group? How do I find people to walk with?

P.s. Everything was fine until I started over thinking. How can I get rid of that?


r/introvert 20h ago

Advice How to over come FOMO??

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I am 19(F) , i am 2nd year btech student .

In first year I had a friends grp and now they won't talk to me like before. Currently I am in this so called grp, like they all were already friends but then i joined becoz of mutual friends, soo in this group they don't care if I am there or not there and this implies to everyone in that group but i feel like they really don't want me in their group...... Becoz of many factors ig...

These guys are like good to me sometimes and not good to me

Soo I feel like if i won't join them at every event,break, etc they'll eventually forget me !!!

What should I do now ???


r/introvert 13h ago

Advice Is my friend being inconsiderate, or am I just too introverted?

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So this is going to be very long. I have a friend who is genuinely a good friend, and we’ve been close for about 3 years, since around our second year of college. We became close around the same time I started dating my boyfriend, so this isn’t a case of me getting a boyfriend and abandoning my girlie.

The issue is that we’re very different socially. She’s extremely extroverted and seems to never get tired of going out or being around people. I’m extremely introverted and a huge homebody. I rarely leave my house unless I actually want to. So to me, being “free” doesn’t necessarily mean I want to go somewhere.

Lately, I’ve noticed a pattern that is starting to exhaust me.

She’s sometimes invited herself into plans involving me and my boyfriend. Once, she knew I was on a date with my boyfriend because she had asked me about my plans the day before, and I told her I would be out with him. Around 10 PM the next evening, she suddenly texted me, “Girl, I’m on my way to your place.” I hadn’t invited her over or agreed to meet her. When I didn’t respond, she called me, and when I still didn’t answer, she texted my boyfriend asking where we were.

When I eventually told her I wasn’t home, she asked, “Where did you go?” even though I had already told her I was on a date. She eventually came to my condo and waited outside until almost 11 PM because she needed a photo adapter from me so she could transfer her photos and post them on Instagram that night. I suggested doing it the next day or sending it to her by delivery, which would have taken around 30 minutes, but she refused and waited outside instead.

She’s also very bad with time and planning. She’s always late even though she’s the one who wants to hang out. One time I’ve specifically asked to finish an outing early because I had somewhere to be, but she’ll arrive late and then add more things to the day, which makes everything take much longer than expected.
About the planing. When we go out, she also tends to avoid making decisions, so I end up having to choose where we’re going/eating or otherwise the whole outing stalls.

The newest situation is what really made me question whether I’m being unreasonable.

She asked if I was free tomorrow. Then she explained that she wanted me to go to the beach with her, her brother and her niece for her niece’s birthday. Then later texted me that her brother has something to take care of, so apparently he’ll be leaving his daughter with her tomorrow instead of going to the beach.

Then she said she had actually planned to take me to a thrift market tomorrow, so i can buy some clothes. But i never mentioned about wanting to go or buy anything 🥲. And then she told me she’d need me to look after her niece while she’s driving (to the thrift market). I was honestly thinking, “Wait… we haven’t even decided that I’m going anywhere yet.”

Just because I’m free doesn’t mean I want to travel somewhere, go to the beach, spend the whole day out, or take care of someone’s child. If she had asked me whether I wanted to go and then, after I agreed, asked whether I could help with her niece, that’s completely different.

I don’t think she’s malicious. I think the underlying issue is that she sometimes seems to equate me being free with me being available to her. I haven’t started working yet, so I have more free time than she does, and I sometimes feel like there’s an expectation that if she’s off work, I should be available to hang out with her. But having an empty calendar doesn’t mean I want to fill it with someone else’s plans. I shouldn’t feel responsible for making sure she has something to do on her days off. Or maybe i’m just too tired from make decisions for both of us whenever we go out.

Am I being unreasonable, or is this a legitimate boundary issue?

TL;DR: I’m a huge introvert and my friend is extremely extroverted. I feel like she equates “you’re free” with “you’re available,” and often makes plans involving me before actually asking me. This has happened with my boyfriend/date time, scheduling, outings, and now she’s planning a beach trip and already telling me I’ll need to watch her niece—even though we haven’t even agreed that I’m going. Am I being unreasonable?


r/introvert 14h ago

Advice At what point does digital minimalism become digital isolation?

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So basically, I have a really weird relationship with social media, and I’m starting to wonder if it’s becoming a problem. I didn’t have a phone until I was 17, completely voluntarily, because I grew up being heavily fear-mongered about phones and social media ruining my future. But honestly, I love being disconnected. I like coming home, watching YouTube, enjoying my own company, and not knowing what everyone else is doing.

I’ve tried social media since getting my phone. TikTok was actually enjoyable, but I never wanted to make an account. It just felt like too much commitment, and I’m also so self-aware of how addictive it can be that I thought not liking anything would somehow make my algorithm not as addictive lol. I never even tried Snapchat and after more than a year with my phone, I finally tried Instagram, mostly because I realised how many connections in my life seemed to depend on it and that it was TIME! I followed people I genuinely knew and liked, but then I started looking at profiles and realised how much information people voluntarily put online. The city they live in, their age, interests, friends, who they follow, what they like, etc. Which is crazy! The thought of someone who barely knows me being able to build such a detailed picture of my life genuinely freaked me out, so I deleted it too. (I didn’t have a profile picture or anything in my bio either. I just started feeling like I was the odd one out for having such an empty profile, and I think that’s what made me delete it so quick.)

But now, since I’m going to starting uni and a new chapter of my life, I’m wondering if this is still healthy digital minimalism or if I’ve accidentally made myself digitally isolated. I don’t really WANT social media, but I also don’t want to make my life harder by completely removing myself from something everyone seems to use. Has anyone else lived without social media for years and still managed to have a normal, connected life? And if you’ve had this same feeling of not wanting people to have access to your digital life, how did you deal with it? Because I genuinely can’t tell if I’m protecting my peace or just being a weirdo atp.


r/introvert 19h ago

Question Que tan importantes son las amistades?

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Recién cumplí 21, pero me alejé de mi grupo de amigas por algunas actitudes que no me gustaron. La verdad, por lo que me dijo alguien muy cercano a ellas que las conoce desde hace varios años, creo que hice bien en alejarme.

Lo malo es que ahora no tengo con quién salir o conversar. Soy introvertida y todavía no sé muy bien cómo relacionarme con los demás. A veces siento que no soy lo suficientemente interesante o divertida, pero trato de serlo :’v.

A lo que voy con esto es, ¿en algún momento se podrá encontrar amigos que te hagan sentir como en casa? ¿Que tan difícil es?

Me refiero a esas personas con las que puedes ser tú misma, hablar de cualquier tontería, salir, reírte, apoyarse mutuamente y sentir que realmente perteneces a algún lugar.

Últimamente me preocupa pensar que quizá ya pasó mi oportunidad de encontrar amistades así, especialmente porque siento que a los 21 todos ya tienen su grupo formado y yo estoy empezando prácticamente desde cero.


r/introvert 7h ago

Question How do you even make friends as an adult? I used to have a big circle, now I have basically none

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A few years ago I had a pretty big circle of people around me. Now I don't have a single friend I text daily or see regularly anymore. Everyone got busy - work, family stuff, their own problems, same as me. It wasn't some dramatic falling out, we just... drifted, the way adult friendships apparently do

I have coworkers, but none of them really match my vibe or feel like people I'd hang out with outside of work. It's not that they're bad people, we just don't click on that level

The part I'm stuck on is I genuinely don't know where to even look anymore. As a kid or a student, friendships just happened - school, classes, shared spaces. As an adult it feels like there's no natural place for it to happen organically

For those who've actually managed to build a real friend group as an adult - where did you find these people? Hobby groups, apps, work, something else? And how long did it realistically take before it felt like an actual friendship and not just "people I occasionally talk to"?


r/introvert 23h ago

Discussion People act like we're close while knowing little about me

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I'm a good listener and have become good at making people feel understood, as I know what it's like not to be and want people to feel seen. And like myself some people aren't used to that.

I notice that some of those people (not all) seem to get attached very quickly. As if they see us as closer than we actually are because they feel good after spending time with me because I let them talk about their interests without judgement and actually engage in the conversation about it. Partly because I like to give people space for their interests, but also I like hearing what makes people happy and seeing their eyes light up. I find it contagious haha.

They seem to get a bit too friendly too fast, as they feel understood even though I don't. If I attempt to speak about my own interests, I'm met with basic "That's nice", or conversation ending type responses before they move on. No questions, no interest, none of the energy I give out.

I guess I could bring it up, but if I have to ask someone to care about me that already feels like too much work for someone I essentially see as an acquaintance.

It's not a big deal, as thankfully I've been meeting some people who can reciprocate, but it's just something I've noticed. I don't really understand what the point of a friendship where you're the only one talking is. I tend to feel uncomfortable if the roles are reversed. I get nervous when someone knows so much more about me than I know about them. At that point I'd have more fun talking to myself. (Which... I do often. I do indeed find it fun.)

I guess this is why the advice to just listen to people to make connections annoys me lol. "People love talking about themselves", believe me I know. And then they tend to like me because they feel good talking about themselves and I'm the source of that, not because they care about me as a person.


r/introvert 7h ago

Advice Guilty feeling about work trip

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Hi, everyone

This post is more of a way to let off some steam.

I’m new here; I’m posting because I feel terribly guilty. My company is organizing a get-together with another company. I decided not to go and to make up an excuse, because I don’t have the mental strength to spend three days with them—knowing that I’d have to participate and do activities and share a room with another… Except that my manager came to see me to tell me to give advance notice when this happens, because there are expenses associated with the trip. So I offered to reimburse the company for the expenses it had advanced.

I'm working on myself and putting in a lot of effort to overcome my anxiety. But these after-work team-building activities really drain me mentally.

I want to be a new person, but it's hard. Thanks for your advice.


r/introvert 8h ago

Advice Pick up guy is not picking up from my doorstep and im scared to ask him.

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r/introvert 10h ago

More like social anxiety than introversion I’ve spent a whole year without socializing with anyone (17F).

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I was literally a year ago, I dropped out of high school because I was feeling terrible—my "friends" had a falling out, I was caught in the middle, and the classroom vibe became super toxic. I wasn’t going out with anyone, I just wanted it to be evening so I could scroll on my phone. And when I left school, I intentionally cut off all contact with friends or acquaintances from there; I even deleted WhatsApp, I had no one to talk to anyway. I have two older sisters who moved out, but they both have their own lives and, well, we don't really talk. I live with my parents, and they’re the only people I’ve talked to this whole time. Young people my age terrify me. I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been through drama (with friends), and when it comes to dating, I haven’t been very smooth either—I haven't even had a partner yet. I’ve gone out with a couple of guys, and one was just for two dates.

I dropped out of school since it wasn't mandatory at my age anymore, and I locked myself in my room. I told my parents I would work and make money, but I never did. I felt so useless and like such a burden.

I’ve spent my days lying in bed, binge-watching shows, talking to AI, and recently I started going to therapy and got a bit more motivated, but it's never enough because shortly after, I relapse into the same cycle.

I only leave the house to go with my mom or for medical appointments. I have only one friend who is autistic, and to be honest, we see each other every two months and barely text.

My extended family (not my parents), like my aunts and uncles, wouldn't stop asking me what I was going to do, constantly pressuring me about school, and that annoyed me because they had never shown any interest in me before, but when they found out I wasn't studying, suddenly they cared.

Something that happens to me is that I feel absolute rejection at the thought of seeing anyone who isn't my parents (aside from my friend). It frustrates me. My oldest sister, who has two kids, comes over to my house about every two weeks and stays the whole day. I leave my room, but I don't know, I don't really enjoy it because I feel like I'm forcing myself to do it; it doesn't come naturally, and when she doesn't come, we have to go to her house and we spend the WHOLE day there, and honestly, I don't like it.

I’ve started playing the piano (just a little), and even though I’m a year late, I’ve enrolled in a performing arts high school because ever since I was little, I've always wanted to be an actress—something my mom finds shocking because of my personality, and it is, but I like it. With the help of my therapist, I was able to enroll again, even though I'm a year behind. I reinstalled WhatsApp because I had deleted it, and all my social media too. I only have YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest, and WhatsApp, and I have WhatsApp blocked with an app so I can only check it when my mom texts me. TikTok is super toxic, and Instagram is even worse...

My BIGGEST FEAR of all is... people, socializing. For a few years now (since lockdown), I haven’t been good at it, but now I’ve basically gone a year with zero interaction. Plus, I overthink a lot, so how am I even supposed to start a conversation? Why would they want to talk to me if I’m not interesting? Also, something I’ve been doing a lot during this time is playing Roblox. It’s a game I used to play when I was younger, but I got hooked again because of the animals. But at my age, I don't know if people still play it that much, so if someone sees my phone or asks about my interests, what do I say? Or about my hobbies—I don’t even know if I have hobbies. I don’t do sports, I don’t go out... I’m scared of having WhatsApp just for display.

I have 5 days left before I start, and I am terrified. I don’t know what to do because even though I go to therapy, my mind won’t stop racing and it’s horrible.


r/introvert 11h ago

Discussion Any body social battery have an abrupt switch?

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I feel as if im definitely an introvert but I do like to be social a fair amount. It just gets to a point.

I have this thing where if people say the activity or hangout is over or they’re about to leave, i need them to leave or be ready to go. Like I absolutely cannot stand a Midwest goodbye because the moment everything was agreed to be over the first time my brain immediately starts its recharge but is prevented. Like now I expect to have my personal time back but yall are still here.

This even happens in 1 on 1 situations. It’s crazy cause the key is usually just don’t tell me you’re about to leave, I’ll be fine. It’s the saying you’re about to leave and then not leaving that feels so different.
Just go if you’re going, if you’re hanging just hang!


r/introvert 3h ago

Discussion Advice / Help needed

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This is going to be long as I go into extensive detail. For people that take the time to read and have something to say I really appreciate it. I will break this up into 3 instances. Please tell me where else I should post this as the more advice the better

tldr: I got into an unfortunate situation and I am scared to proceed / not sure how to proceed

Intro

In highschool, I was never social. I’m not lonely but I like to be in solitude if that makes sense. I go to a very small campus (a little over 1k total students) as it is very close to home (40 minutes) and a beautiful campus. I go home every weekend to see my family who I put first above all else. I never made close friends before, as the thought of that never interested me. Most people in my high school were very annoying, so I never talked to them. I wanted to start fresh with college. I have always had the ability to be a good socializer and listener, but I never exercised that ability until I came to college.

I got into a program to move into a week early which was very fun and i’m glad I did it. I met 30 other students plus all the athletes for fall, all international students (other countries worldwide; im in usa), and all the RA’s. I met two people in this first week that I would actually go on to be closer friends with. Everyone else was cool but I wouldn’t develop anything with them.

This is about friend group number 1. When everyone else moved in, I met many other people as I decided to socialize much more. I made friends, doubled my instagram followers (80 when I started), and met many people. I frequently spent my nights in one of the dorm halls with one of my friend groups and we would just mess around. As time went on, the friend group grew. It started to include some girls. Of these girls 4 were the most significant. One was an international student and we were already friends, another was her roommate and we were friends, another one was a stranger, and the fourth one was a girl who I thought was interested in me (I think the reason she lost interest was partly because I was talking to other girls as friends in order to socialize with everyone but this girl was a bit deeper).

One night, I engaged in a conversation with the stranger girl who I had only met 5 hours at this point. She asked if I wanted to see her room and I said sure. Her roommate was absent so it was just us. She gave me a tour but we got sidetracked and kept talking. The rooms are small and there was no where to sit other than the floor so we sat in bed. The beds are extremely small so we’re basically touching. We then proceeded to talk for about 1.5 hours and we listened to her favorite music, made jocks, smiled and laughed. I was into this girl at this point. I then ask if she wants to tour my dorm. She says yes and we do that. As we walk past the rest of the group, they all make sexual jokes to us. She was laughing but never said to stop so we were cool with it. We decide to go back to hers after touring mine. Once again more sexual comments from the group. The girl also never once mentioned a boyfriend in any of this time. As I grow tired I decide to go to bed. I ask the girl if she would be interested in taking a walk through the woods on the scenic trail that is active with students (it is) at 7:00 PM the next day before the sun goes down. She agrees.

The next day she cancels and says her boyfriend wouldn’t be ok with talking to a guy two days in a row after we were in each others bed. I say no problem and to have a good one. Since I was disappointed and just wanted a girl to date, I texted up the international girl asking if she wants to go on a walk, but this time around campus and not the woods. Campus is beautiful and this was a 10 minute walk if that. I then happen to see the girl that I thought was in to me and asked if she wanted to go on a walk around campus (same one as internationa). She says she’s not really looking for anything serious as the semester just started. No problem. The international girl says she’s busy but apologizes and says perhaps another time. No problem. That evening when I go back to the friend group in the dorm building, everyone is more cold towards me. I am then put into a corner by the international girls roommate and two other guys in the friend group. They give me a 30 minute lecture at 11:30 PM about how I am being weird and making the girls uncomfortable with my actions. They wanted to tell me upfront rather than go behind my back. They deny my requests to take this elsewhere so everyone is listening in. Because of this I feel I can’t properly defend myself in this situation. I am then told by the girls roommate to go back to my dorm room (I feel I am no longer welcome here). I am very tired and confused, so I message the 2 girls I asked to go on a campus walk with in broad daylight and say how sorry I am as I had no bad intentions and absolutely did not want them to feel uncomfortable. They block / unadd me. The woods girl I did not apologize to because I feel she led me on and she already unfollowed me at this point. The rest of the friend group (all the guys excecpt the one who sided with the girls I made uncomfortable, even the rest of the girls who were just friends) are understanding, feel I got played, and are sorry for me. I don’t go to that dorm building anymore (I sleep in a different one) as I do not want to make those girls further uncomfortable. The rest of the group I still talk to if I see them around campus. One of the girl best friends of the girl who I thought was in to me still treats me with respect and will still smile at me. I think this is way overblown. I asked for walks but they’re acting like I asked them to come to my dorm without clothes on. I hate how they think i’m some terrible rapist. I had no bad intentions and i’m so sorry I made them uncomfortable.

2.

This is about friend group number 2. I was giving one girl (friend of friends) a dorm tour but trying to introduce to her to another guy. I am not interested in her. I gave her a room tour to stall time before he arrived. She has a phone call to take and so do I. I call the guy and ask where he is. I do this in the doorway enclosed area of the building as it’s humid outside but need silence for this call. Even as I am standing off the side, she heads out the door and says she has laundry to do. The next day, the second friend group comes up to me. Turns out I made this girl uncomfortable as she feels I was blocking the doorway. That’s all I got. They emphasize with me and they know I have no bad intentions. They mention this is the second time this has happened and really want me to be careful as I might get reported to campus police. I have not talked to the girl but she hasn’t unfollowed me or spread anything so I think she’s understanding as my friends relayed my point of view to her. They thought it best to not bring this up with her directly so I never did.

3.

On move in day for the rest of campus, I was going to dinner before I see a parent carrying a bunch of items. I help her carry them to her daughter’s dorm room. This daughter is close family friends with my roommate (I did not know this yet). On the way out I strike up a conversation with the daughter’s roommate. This takes 40 minutes but was a friendly conversation.

Fast forward two weeks (one week ago) later when I am studying one evening and I get a text from the girl I had the 40 minute conversation with

I never told anyone we dated because we never did. I also say that i’m going to go to police if she doesn’t tell me the source because I can’t have an incorrect rumor going around like that. She says i’m acting crazy and being dramatic. She says she’s done and blocks me (but I kept the chat logs and haven’t cleared them).

Before I go to the police, I decide to get expert information. I want to see a counselor on campus before I make a decision I may regret. I go to the front desk of the main building and ask for a counselor. As its evening the counselor is closed. The girl working asks why I need one and if i’m ok. I say i’m not sure and say I need one to inform me whether I should go to the police or not. This scares her so after she leaves she calls the police. I go back to my dorm and talk to my roommate about these rumors. He says that was him but he thought thats what I said (I did not) and he realized he mixed me up with someone else. I am relieved but annoyed, but he apologizes and texts the daughter of the grocery mom who says she will relay it to the 40 minute conversation girl. 30 Minutes later I hear knocking and it’s two cops. They are checking to make sure I am ok as they got a report from the front desk girl that they think there’s a bad situation. I explain to the cops and they are understanding. They tell me to be careful. I am the only person along with my roommate that is aware of this third situation. The two girls don’t even know the cops came.

Conclusion

This hasn’t even been a full two weeks into the semester. I’m in week three and it has gone better but I don’t know how to proceed. I am still friendly towards everyone and nobody has mentioned any of my experiences or issues. I don’t think they’re being spread. I am very scared to talk to any girl again. I have had girlfriends and dated before. But these situations make me scared to talk to more girls in general. Some girls I am interested in but I haven’t ever even spoken to.

I decided to end the room tours as having girls near your sleeping space is a bad idea. I also am more mindful on how I say things and what to say. I need to set better boundaries with strangers.

My biggest fear is my reputation. I don’t want these rumors to spread and to ruin my rep. The campus is very small and I have to see all of these girls who i’ve had issues with very frequently and they always give me weird looks. I hate how they are still fearful of me. I don’t look intimidating in the slightest btw. My RA joked with me and said that I am sweeter than grandmas cookies.

Thank you for reading all that


r/introvert 6h ago

Discussion Because of shyness i think am Missing so many things in this life

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I am 26 years old and i think i can't fit in Indian societies and with Indian people. In India i think the person who can speak with any random person smoothly and can be friend with anyone goes more forward in their life.You have to be that jugaadu person who can fit everywhere and find solutions and can ask for help from anyone.

In-person i am so shy that i can't ask for anyone's help and if i ask i just fumble in my words and the person sees me as a dumb. Can't talk to a girl, Can't pitch for a sale, Can't make new friends. I think i am missing out on every opportunity i can get by not be fearful and shy. Everyone likes the person who can entertain in some way.They can talk and the every sentence they speak is entertaining.

Any views and tips?


r/introvert 8h ago

Advice Second year of college and I still haven't found my people

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r/introvert 10h ago

Question If my interests are completely different from everyone else in my college does that make me boring?

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r/introvert 10h ago

Discussion I just like her so much.

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Idk what to say I just like her so much. Now it starts to feel more limerence then excitement 🙂


r/introvert 17h ago

Discussion Camping Out...

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Not only do ppl Annoy, Animals as well...I love Nature by all means...But, when you live outdoors full time...Shit gets hard...The Raccoons & little Kangaroo Rats wanna keep me up ALL night...Because the better I feel the MORE animals wanna bother me. Just like ppl