Is it normal to be so introverted ?

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I have always been shy, and found it hard to talk up to people. I've got better over the years but somehow not been able to keep friends. There's only certain people I feel comfortable around and those are the ones I can be myself with. I hate being with big groups of people I just freeze, I've tried so many times to open up but I can't.

Also I don't enjoy what most young teens do, drinking every night or weekend, I pretend I do to try and fit in I feel embarrassed that its not my thing. I can't seem to meet people like me. And I had one true friend who is moving away who I'll never be able to meet up with often, it's making me depressed.

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  • Crusades
    10 years ago

    So you don't like to do what most people do. Like, being normal...
    Big deal! You can always find a lot of people like you on this site.
    You can always meet and be social degenerate nerds together.

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  • thegypsysailor
    10 years ago

    Young teens??????
    Give yourself a bit of time there sparky. There is absolutely no need to feel that you must become one of the herd, especially at your age.
    If you are in school, concentrate on your studies and don't try so hard to fit into groups that are so obviously made up of complete idiots; "drinking every night or weekend".
    Be an individual, and don't follow ANYONE down any road you are not comfortable traveling down.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      I'm not in education, I like my life but having no close friends isn't nice.

      I'm trying to be happy and myself but this is getting me down, I feel as though I'll be forever alone :(.

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      • thegypsysailor
        10 years ago

        I repeat, "Young teens?????? Give yourself a bit of time there sparky."

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  • Yoshi_Lennon
    10 years ago

    Hell, I choose to be an antisocial. Like I'll talk to ppl but that doesn't mean I want to talk to them

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  • DominusNLMHammerus
    10 years ago

    You're lucky, lots of freaks on here wink wink. the average modern teenage is describable as cunt retardation fear not search and thy shall find

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    • Pakulu_Papito_Poppadom
      10 years ago

      babe r u a pokemon cos i will catch u with my balls

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      • DominusNLMHammerus
        10 years ago

        0.0 we'z gon' hunt ya like a pig

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  • Saycheese
    10 years ago

    Do not worry, worrying only makes you feel worse.

    I love this quote by the Dalai Lama:

    “If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.”

    I wasn't that much into partying myself even in college. I think it is foolish to think getting drunk is fun. I preferred getting what I went to school for done not thinking that everybody had to be my friend and that I had to fit in with the partiers. I knew I would meet the people that I would have fun with, without having to party all the time.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      I've been left behind though :/

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      • Saycheese
        10 years ago

        I would like more description. I don't know what you mean by you being left behind?

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          10 years ago

          At college I never went drinking, I lost all my high school friends, I only had one left and now she's moving away :(

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          • Saycheese
            10 years ago

            What happened to all your high school friends? Why don't you talk to them again or anymore?

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            • Anonymous Post Author
              10 years ago

              We left to do different things, they weren't interested in staying in contact, they like things I don't :(

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  • college
    10 years ago

    Sounds like an "Introversion meets Social Anxiety" issue. I'm the same way. I'm 19, soon to be 20 and in college (hence the user name). I'm guessing, as a young teen, you are still in high school where your peers' opinions of you really matter. In college your peers don't define you as much as they did in high school, so the pressure of fitting in and the embarrassment you feel for not fitting in will decrease. Being Introverted is fine, but shyness/Social Anxiety is definitely something to work on.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      10 years ago

      Done school and done college, I had plenty of friends not true friends but they all seemed to fade away grow up go on to better things.

      I am trying with my shyness.

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