Comments on: Roommates can be hell on earth for the introvert

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:55:10 +0000

I love analyzing people too!!!!! but dont you dare analyze me. i dont like it when someone is staring at me. mind your own business….lol jk

By: Christy

Christy — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 06:22:15 +0000

Ooh, I love love love observing and analyzing people.

By: IntrovertZone

IntrovertZone — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:25:12 +0000

I do know some introverts who watch and analyze people, but I don’t do much of that myself. I notice things (mood, etc.) about people who I deal with, but if I’m not dealing with someone directly then I’m mostly in my own world. I have a coworker who’s a “thinking” rather than “feeling” introvert and he often talks about, “It’s fun to watch…” another coworker in some situation. Me? I have better things to watch.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:32:25 +0000

Uhh is watching people and anaylsing them and things in general something that introverts do in general? I am an introvert and while I dont comment on stuff I do watch and try to figure other people out.

By: Don’t analyze an introvert or make him the center of attention — Introvert Zone

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:48:33 +0000

[...] the reason I don’t talk to them much couldn’t be anything to do with them, could it? In this comment about dorm life, JW told us the same sort of story about being observed and how it made her [...]

By: IntrovertZone

IntrovertZone — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:05:36 +0000

Oh I am seething thinking of that nosey roommate! If there’s one thing I despise it’s to be watched like that. What a sheer hell and I’m glad you are out of it now! That single room is something I always fantasized about when in college but there was no such thing where I was.

JW I really appreciate your comment! I hope introverts are are entering college or in college will take the time to read it, because I’m sure they will relate to it.

By: JW

JW — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:19:23 +0000

As an introvert, I definitely struggled with having to live in a dorm at college. I had roommates most of the time that I was at college, and out of all of the roommates I had, I only really liked two of them. I liked one of them because I think that she was an introvert as well, and we had similar personalities. We had conversations and shared a lot about ourselves but there were also quiet times when we would just watch tv and do our work without saying much to each other. It worked out really well with that particular roommate. The other roommate I liked was also an introvert. Her personality was a bit different than mine, and I did find some things annoying about her, as I’m sure she found some things annoying about me, but overall, it wasn’t a bad rooming experience. But I did have one roommate who was quite nosey. She was friendly and we got along for a while, but after a while, I just couldn’t deal with her anymore. She would make little comments about the things I did and I always felt like she was watching me do things in order to make a comment. By the end of that year, she and I weren’t on speaking terms. It was an uncomfortable experience having to share the dorm room with her, but I wasn’t able to afford a single room, so I had to stick it out until the end of the school year. By my senior year of college, I got a single room and I really liked that. I finally had privacy and didn’t have to worry about accomodating the needs of a roommate. I could do what I wanted without worrying about getting a complaint from a roommate.

By: IntrovertZone

IntrovertZone — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:06:57 +0000

Yes, no matter how much you like your roommates, having a space that’s all yours is the best of all. Having silence when you need it is so important – yet it is a luxury many introverts unfortunately don’t have!

By: xen

xen — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:07:26 +0000

When I hear ‘you’ll miss all the fun’ or ‘it’s fun’, I just want to puke.

I think the last paragraph hits the nail on the head. If an introvert wants to do something extroverted, they have to be able to do it at their own speed.
This is one thing extroverts truly forgets. They think everyone thinks 100% the same as them, and get really rude about it when you’re trying to please them in your own speed.

I remember when I lived in the Netherlands. When I first moved there I was placed in a share house. It was three guys and me. Two of them were really nice, but the third one was odd. Well, all of us found him odd. Still, even if I enjoyed being with these guys, I was so happy when I got my own apartment. It was only me being there. I had full control of people coming and going (only my neighbour stopped by now and then), and it was silence everyday.