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There are many different types of people in this world, but we all fit into three general categories. I know I wrote something on stereotypes and how they don't exist, it's just humans being annoying, but this is a bit different. Everyone on this earth fits into the category of introverts, extroverts, and ambiverts.

An introvert, or someone who is introverted, is a person who enjoys being by him/herself and is energized by being alone. Many introverts aren't energized by being with people and are perfectly capable of being alone. A lot of people who aren't introverts (and even some introverts) expect introverts to be shy, socially awkward, have social anxiety, or all three, but that isn't it. Introverts are people who don't need human interaction to stay energized and happy. Introverts aren't people who don't have any friends, or don't enjoy going out, they just prefer to be in the company of themselves.

Extroverts, on the other hand, find themselves happier with people. They are energized by large crowds of people and generally don't like being alone (or they do, but being around people is more enjoyable for them.) It's not that introverts don't enjoy being around people or don't like people, it's just that extroverts are the people who go out all the time or talk to people constantly.

I feel like people never count ambiverts. An ambivert is someone who is both an introvert and an extrovert. Actually, most people are ambiverts, we just tend to lean towards being either an introvert or an extrovert. I think that people can definitely be only an introvert or only an extrovert, but that depends on who you are and under what circumstances you are.

I'm an ambivert, and I tend to be more of an introvert.

That being said, I'm very outgoing, but I enjoy being alone as much as I enjoy being with my friends. In fact, I usually prefer being alone, but I make an effort to go out and be with my friends as much as possible, because I want to spend as much time as possible with them before we have to go to different schools and not be able to see each other everyday.

I hate being with people who aren't part of my close group of friends, which is partly due to the fact that I have mild social anxiety and I constantly feel like they're judging me and what I say or how I look that particular day. I've become really good at hiding my social anxiety because I get mad at myself when I think about how I look or how others see me (it's good to be conscious of how you present yourself, but that's another topic for another day.). Most of the time, nobody actually cares, but I've gotten it into my head that everybody is looking at me all the time and judging me based on my actions. Sometimes (most of the time), when I'm out with my friends and they start to dance to a song or sing or do something equally as fun, I join them, but then I stop, because I notice people staring. I hate it so much, but I stop because I'm afraid of what people are thinking as they watch us.

I'm not saying that I have the worst case of social anxiety in any way, because I don't. In fact, most of the time, I'm the one talking to people for my friends and I try to be myself in front of people as much as possible, because it shouldn't matter if people think I'm slightly off or weird for liking certain things.

My best friend (one of), let's call her Puff Daddy (this is actually relevant, it came out of a very intense game of Apples to Apples), is socially awkward/very, very shy. This doesn't mean she's an introvert, per say, in fact she's one of the loudest people I know (if not the loudest), and she likes to spend time with people, but when we go places, I generally do the talking for her because I don't mind talking to people. Once, when we were at Dunkin' Donuts, she was too afraid to go up and ask the lady behind the counter for more sugar and cinnamon in her latte, so I had to do it for her. I did, and when I went up, the lady gave me a look that said she didn't think I needed more (back to the whole social anxiety thing, this made me really, really self-conscious and uncomfortable) and then went off to put some more cinnamon and sugar in the latte, but not before telling everyone behind the counter and having a good laugh at it (slash being really annoyed.). When we meet new people, Puff Daddy (again, relevant), tends to shy away and I do most of the talking (with her interrupting me every five seconds) until she warms up to the person/people. When we met, she didn't really talk to me (we met through school/a mutual friend), but she really opened up when she realized how awesome and amazing I was (AM) :)

Anyway, the point of this is really to say that we're all an introvert or an extrovert or an ambivert and lots of qualities come in to play, as well as fears and personalities.

Let me know what you think in the comments? I know I only covered the bare minimum of introverts, extroverts, ambiverts, social awkwardness and social anxiety (I didn't really talk about the causes of these two, which further proves my point of covering the bare minimum), but I think I covered them well enough. Maybe not. But, yeah, tell me whether you agree with me or if got something wrong and just have a ball :) I like long comments *hint hint*

Have a nice day, I love you :)

-Frankie