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Originally Posted by Coolboyrulez0

Feel like I wasted probably the first 18 or so years of my life being too introverted but am catching up now

Just for clarification, this isn't an inherent trait of introversion. You can be social and be introverted.

Introversion is "the state of or tendency toward being wholly or predominantly concerned with and interested in one's own mental life/

Introversion is not the same thing as shyness but it is often mistaken as such by extraverts. Introverts prefer solitary activities over social ones, whereas shy people (who may be extraverts at heart) avoid social encounters out of fear