People Have No Idea What Introverted Means

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:00]People don't know what being introverted really means. The most common criticism I hear about YouTube animators is how they all seem to have these copy-paste personality traits of being shy, anxious, and kind of socially awkward, which does not equate to being an introvert. It drives me a little nuts because it's such a popular yet frequently misused term. Where you land on the spectrum does not depend on your level of shyness. There are loud and energetic introverts the same way there are quiet and shy extroverts. It all comes down to your social battery type.

[00:00:38]Introverts get drained from talking to people while extroverts actually rely on people to feel energized. The reason why most YouTube animators are introverted is simply that you cannot have this job if you are not comfortable with being alone. Unless you have a team in order to maintain a good upload schedule, you need to spend 10 hours a day working in front of a screen. So, I think it's only natural that introverted people are drawn to a job that requires so much solitude. Introverts don't hate being around other people. It's just that we prefer to spend most of our time alone.

[00:01:16]Even the most introverted of introverts still crave human connection. Like, I'm always at home in front of my screen working or gaming, and trust me, I'm very content with that. But, after a few months, I'll start feeling lonely and look for people to hang out with. And it's kind of difficult to find someone willing to do that after ignoring their messages for so long. I don't even know if this is an introvert thing or just me being stupid. I swear I don't do it on purpose. When I get a text, I'm usually not in a replying mood. So, instead, I'll leave it and start fabricating a response in my head, but I end up thinking about it so much that I trick myself into believing that I actually replied. That mixed with my very forgetful nature is the reason why I avoid serious friendships. Gosh, I am the worst candidate to make a video about this. I'm trying to explain that not all introverts are the same while being the most stereotypical introvert you've ever seen. Personality traits can change as you go through different periods of your life. Sometimes by choice, but usually it kind of just happens. For me, I'm definitely an introvert at heart. Like even during very early childhood, I was quite the loner. So much so that my family got in trouble for it, but we don't we don't talk about that. However, when we moved, like when we moved countries, I actually became an ambivert for a while. This was mainly because I attracted so much attention by being the girl who came from the other side of the planet. On my first day of school, I got flocked by dozens of people asking me if I lived in an igloo and if I ever met Justin Bieber. People were very interested in me, so I kind of just went along with it. During that specific period, I was very outgoing and was friends with practically everyone, but I still felt the need to withdraw from social spaces because my brain needed to calm down.

[00:03:09]Sometimes, actually thinking back, I'm not fully sure if I was an actual ambivert or just an introvert placed in a very specific set of circumstances.

[00:03:18]But that doesn't matter because I eventually slid back into my old ways during my high school years, which is not a bad thing. There's also this weird misconception that being introverted is some kind of flaw that needs to be corrected.

[00:03:32]Uh, it's not.

[00:03:35]Being happy with being by yourself is not a mental illness, no matter how much your boomer family members try to convince you otherwise. It's not a secret that I'm anxious [music] and shy.

[00:03:46]I've mentioned it before and you'll often see it in my body language. I usually animate myself having one or both arms crossed to kind of hug myself while I'm talking, but that has nothing to do with me being introverted. It has come to my attention that some people are under the assumption that I'm faking my personality to come across as being more relatable, and that I don't sound introverted enough. Guys, I'm not giving a live TED Talk. I record my voice in a dark closet. Those two are not the same. Feel free to talk about what category you think you fit into. I know that most of my audience composes of introverts because YouTubers tend to attract audiences that mirror themselves, but it would be really cool if I could see some different experiences in the comment section as well.

[00:04:37]Uh thanks for listening. See you in 3 months.