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Maybe take a course in something you find interesting.
You could also volunteer for a local charity once a week - a place where your contributions will be needed.
Both could help you meet people, give you a better chance of slowly building two or three new friendships.
You could also be proactive in keeping in touch with your old friends via WhatsApp or Skype. If they don't respond, maybe try texts or email.
As for your extroverted husband and elder daughter, (if you haven't already,) you need to sit them down and explain introverts to them. There's a very good Myers-Briggs personality test site which has an excellent explanation of what it means to be introverted. It's innate. One can see the traits from the moment a baby is born if one knows what to look for. Degrees of introversion and extroversion can change over a lifetime, but not by more than about 10-15%.
You could also volunteer for a local charity once a week - a place where your contributions will be needed.
Both could help you meet people, give you a better chance of slowly building two or three new friendships.
You could also be proactive in keeping in touch with your old friends via WhatsApp or Skype. If they don't respond, maybe try texts or email.
As for your extroverted husband and elder daughter, (if you haven't already,) you need to sit them down and explain introverts to them. There's a very good Myers-Briggs personality test site which has an excellent explanation of what it means to be introverted. It's innate. One can see the traits from the moment a baby is born if one knows what to look for. Degrees of introversion and extroversion can change over a lifetime, but not by more than about 10-15%.
alan20 · M
I sometimes wonder if I was born an introvert or if something that happened early on made me one. When I was in London I was extremely lonely. Can remember walking past an apartment in Chelsea where there was a party and two girls beckoned to me to go in. I'd have loved to but couldn't. Later I accepted unpaid work, playing accompaniments for an amateur opera company, in the hope it would help. I felt I won their respect but nothing else. Can you get on with somebody on a one-to-one basis ?
Ann80 · 41-45, FNew
@alan20 Funny you mention London. We moved to the UK from our African home country. Never felt more alone now. Im fine at home with my family. I just struggle to make other friends. I also take it very personally when people dont respond to me or ignore me on whatsapp. I suppose because i have so few people that when i get ignored, it hurts me so much. I know they probably busy with their own lives. I guess that also makes me feel even more like the world just doesnt see me. Which i usually prefer. But lately its really lonely. Like too lonely.
Budwick · 70-79, M
Seek professional help. Do it now.
Your daughter is learning to be like you - from you..
It's no way to live.
Your daughter is learning to be like you - from you..
It's no way to live.
smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F
What is a introvert?
Slivereyes · F
@smileylovesgaming introvert. Is noun: introvert; plural noun: introverts
a shy, reticent person.
"I'm an introvert and don't like public speaking"
PSYCHOLOGY
a person predominantly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things.
"introverts seek out and enjoy opportunities for reflection and solitude"
adjective
adjective: introvert
another term for introverted.
Origin
mid 17th century (as a verb in the general sense ‘turn one's thoughts inwards (in spiritual contemplation’)): from modern Latin introvertere, from intro- ‘to the inside’ + vertere ‘to turn’. Its use as a term in psychology dates from the early 20th century.
a shy, reticent person.
"I'm an introvert and don't like public speaking"
PSYCHOLOGY
a person predominantly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things.
"introverts seek out and enjoy opportunities for reflection and solitude"
adjective
adjective: introvert
another term for introverted.
Origin
mid 17th century (as a verb in the general sense ‘turn one's thoughts inwards (in spiritual contemplation’)): from modern Latin introvertere, from intro- ‘to the inside’ + vertere ‘to turn’. Its use as a term in psychology dates from the early 20th century.
smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F
@Slivereyes so pretty much a shy person
yes, but idk how you can change it.
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