11 Things All Introverts Should Know

5. Social introverts genuinely prefer to hang out on their own or in smaller groups.

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There’s no anxiety pushing social introverts to act the way they do, they just genuinely prefer it that way (and no amount of coaxing will change that).

You’ll often hear that introverts need to spend time on their own to “recharge” their energy levels, and social introverts are one group that fall into that category. “The idea that introverts need to alternate sociality and their recharging time, that’s very important in social introversion,” says Cheek.