I would say a good deal of us here are introverted.
"What is your primary reason(s) for being this way?"
Besides seeing most average day people contradict my own beliefs I find being among them starts to cloud my judgement. I usually carry a very open perspective, whenever I spend too much time dealing with the personal affairs of others or simply being around them it starts to corrupt my thought process, as if I'm influenced by them. Being alone for me is solely for preserving my own mental clarity.
"Were you always like this? If not, what influenced you to seclusion?"
No, there was a time where I was fairly sociable. I used to joke a lot and got the class clown label in school mostly. I strayed away from that when I started asking myself important questions(ones that eventually lead to the previously discussed perspective) and was disgusted by how much people were manipulated by emotion.
"Do you plan to stay this way? If not, explain how you plan on changing."
I did at a time but instead I chose coping with loneliness > dealing with the burden of people.
"And finally, what are the biggest pros & cons you face with being introverted?"
Being alone now has made a bit dependent on being this way. If not allowed personal space for an extended period of time(2-3 days) I start getting small fits of anxiety, anger and a bitter sense of intolerance towards anything I currently dislike. I'll always enjoy being drama free and with how much it's focused on by society I'm gladly reminded of it almost daily. It allows me to push all my effort into either my own self entertainment or my aspirations, which already has me at a better financial and mental state then most people around my age.
What is your primary reason(s) for being this way?
I can't be arsed with tolerating other people. There isn't much I need from people and their attention isn't worth anything for the most part. I have fuck all in common with most people and feigning interests in order to "bond" with them isn't worth it when I could be doing something I want to do.
Were you always like this? If not, what influenced you to seclusion?
I was extroverted during my teens. I got sick of going out of my way/overlooking things just to have friends who I felt no connection with so I just shut off to everybody. Found that I enjoyed myself more this way.
Do you plan to stay this way? If not, explain how you plan on changing.
I intend on becoming more extroverted in a couple of years when it comes to making/running my future business. Not sure when that will be though, I am in no rush.
And finally, what are the biggest pros & cons you face with being introverted?
Pros
Don't have to plan things around other people
Don't have to modify my behaviour to ease the impact it has on people
Don't have to refrain myself from snapping at people
When out in society, you pick up on more things without friends distracting you
Cons
It's hard to develop strategies against people if you don't communicate with others.
What is your primary reason(s) for being this way?
Unlike a lot of people around here I actually do not find myself to be above most people and find them to be unworthy of my conversation. Though I will admit I don't have much in common with a lot of people that's because I have few, odd and mostly solitary activities. I do find people very boring, but it's not a narcissistic type of thought. I prefer online activity because I can switch between tab to tab, and it's not suffering
I am the way I am because it's what I'm familiar with
Were you always like this? If not, what influenced you to seclusion?
Yes I mostly have always been this way except for a year or two in my childhood (elementary age) when I tried to socialize with other children. They rejected me because by the time I tried I was already missing a lot of social skills, and my parents rejected the idea of me socializing outside of school. My parents never took me to play dates, I never went over to childrens houses and they certainly didn't really do anything with me either. Just saying though, I don't blame my parents for the way I am now. I have not taken the measures to get myself out of it. It is my own fault I have continued this way
I learned how to interact with others by observing other people interact and superficially I get by well. In public I get by just fine. In fact when I go to a party, I sometimes am the party and it surprises people. because behind closed doors I do not have a lot of social depth to me
Do you plan to stay this way? If not, explain how you plan on changing.
Prefer not to answer
And finally, what are the biggest pros & cons you face with being introverted?
I enjoy the life I lead, uneventful as it has been.
Of course sometimes I do think about what it is to live another type of life but it is very abstract to me not being an introverted person as I have never been social
I am not so much introverted as I am uninterested in most of the things people want to talk about. To be honest, I don't care what some relatives I never met are up to, and I'd rather browse the Internet and find something that interests me than make small talk with someone who doesn't have much of a sense of humor. I do enjoy the company of people I find entertaining, but I don't feel compelled to seek it out all of the time (or almost ever, for that matter).
I've been socially indifferent since I was a child. My mother used to complain about the clothes I wore or how my hair was when we were going out in public, and I would always ask "why does it matter?" I'm not too different today except now that I'm an adult I don't go out in public looking like shit. I wouldn't call myself introverted or seclusive, but rather nonchalant. I've been very social and I've also been asocial during different parts of my life.
I have too much trouble relating to them to call it envy, and I know if I were extroverted I'd lack some of the strengths that I have from the life I already know, but their way of being does look easier. There is value in mindless comforts.
"I spend all my time alone, with no human contact and I'd consider myself The happiest person on earth."
You don't strike me as happy. It feels like you're often making excuses as to why you're not instead of relaxing.