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applegrove

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10. 18 Struggles Of Having An Outgoing Personality But Actually Being Shy And Introverted
Wed Aug 6, 2014, 01:40 PM
Aug 2014
18 Struggles Of Having An Outgoing Personality But Actually Being Shy And Introverted

by Brianna Wiest at Thought Catalogue

http://thoughtcatalog.com/brianna-wiest/2014/07/18-struggles-of-having-an-outgoing-personality-but-actually-being-shy-and-introverted/

"SNIP........................


8. You’re accused of being flirty with everybody, which is hilarious, because in reality, you can only tolerate like four people.

9. You retain an air of mysteriousness about you, completely unintentionally. (There’s no mystery. You just feel no need to update the social sphere on what’s going on in your life every two hours.)

10. Not to mention the fact that you either have days in which you’re tweeting and status updating every five minutes… or you delete your accounts for a month.

11. You become unintentionally awkward because you at once feel the need to be a social life jacket for other people, though you’re just as uncomfortable yourself.




..........................SNIP"

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A book which I read when I was a kid has haunted my whole life Warpy Aug 2014 #1
For about 35 years, I was never home except to sleep, shower, etc steve2470 Aug 2014 #2
Read the book sometime Warpy Aug 2014 #3
Shirley Jackson, a great author. longship Aug 2014 #9
Agreed, although I'd put her in the YA section Warpy Aug 2014 #11
Another Shirley Jackson fan here catchnrelease Aug 2014 #12
Thanks, and call me Steve, please :) steve2470 Aug 2014 #13
I have noticed catchnrelease Aug 2014 #14
thanks steve2470 Aug 2014 #15
I was bitten while asleep littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #4
yea, sorry you had to endure that :/ steve2470 Aug 2014 #6
I have littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #5
lol nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #7
... littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #8
18 Struggles Of Having An Outgoing Personality But Actually Being Shy And Introverted applegrove Aug 2014 #10
I like this one: bemildred Dec 2014 #22
I lost my narrative at 10. I gave it away. I was 10. Now I can't applegrove Dec 2014 #23
Extended form narrative and exposition are out of fashion somewhat anyway. bemildred Dec 2014 #24
Absolutely it is a new consciousness. I got ahold of a second applegrove Dec 2014 #25
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. bemildred Dec 2014 #26
I have one cat... yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #16
haha ! :) nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Sweeney Dec 2014 #21
I feel a bit that way too, don't care for crowds, don't keep many friends, BUT... NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #18
somehow I missed this post steve2470 Dec 2014 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Sweeney Dec 2014 #20
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