Am I an introvert or is there something deeper?

[Anonymous]

So I like being alone. And every time im with someone I ALWAYS feel like the other person is judging me or doesn’t like me. Like I can’t get rid of these thoughts which is why I prefer to always be alone.

You’re just an introvert

Could be a mental health issue

It’s just low self esteem

[SteveSmith1985]

This... is really difficult to answer. I don't know if anyone on here is really going to be equipped to answer this for you, and before I say anything, let me say that I think it'd be worthwhile for you to explore this with someone trained who could actually give you a real answer.

I'm an extrovert myself, but have had some long chats with introverts about the fact that they're introverts. The problem is... I think that TO A POINT what your describing is common to some degree among introverts.

So introverts like being alone, and are less comfortable in situations where they're forced into the company of people they don't know well, or too many people or whatever.

I think that underlying many people's preference for being alone is a feeling that they 'don't fit in' when they try and force themselves to be social. I THINK that often that's based on a feeling of being judged, and/or a fear of being disliked.

However, I've never quite heard anybody put it the way you do. Like they don't pinpoint "worry about being judged or not being liked" in the same concise, clear way. But I think that's often what they're getting at.

I guess it's a matter of 'degree/severity' of what you're feeling.

But when you speak of an 'inability to get rid of these thoughts'... somehow that strikes me as "maybe it's more than simply being an introvert"

Then again, when I think about introverts I've talked to about this... the idea that they "feel how they feel around people and can't change that" is very much acknowledged, but nobody has (and I don't think they would) talk about it as "not being able to rid-oneself of thoughts"

I am no doctor. At all. But the first thing that popped into my head was "those sound like intrusive thoughts". Which are "a thing" but not something I know much about.

So really... I think what you're asking requires someone trained to be able to answer properly.

I'm inclined to think that there might be more to this than simply being an introvert. But again, I'm just a rando on the internet. In no position to tell you anything with any authority. 🙂

[Astarlessnightsky]

Being alone is one thing, which is just being an introvert.

Feeling you are judged is something different.

[petitedollbabee]

Introvert, plus some anxiety.

[sirderpsalot123]

Low self-esteem