Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

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I know I don't need to take the test, I tend to be extremely extroverted. I feel like I have a lot I just need to say and I'm looking for people to listen and try to keep a conversation going. I want to calm back down again and go back to being low key but then I just feel lonely and depressed.

Severely Introverted.

I remember seeing this transmission of The One Show and being fascinated by it then.

I've not done the lemon test, as I can't be arsed to buy a reel of sticky tape (unless there's something in that link that provides an alternative (I skimmed the test details proper)).

But I've been always very successful at the 'How many <insert dry food item like cracker, weetabix, etc> can you eat ?' type competitions, because ANY kind of food makes me salivate and I can eat whole packs of crackers and stuff.
Not particularly useful, admittedly - but hey, one day .... .

I took this as the direct equivalent of the lemon test, so assume I would have a high introversion score (not that you'd know it from the way I project in here).

The problem introverts face is overstimulation.
The main problem extroverts face is boredom (understimulation).

Better under than overstimulated - since overstimulation is generally manifest as anxiety ... one of the least pleasant responses we have.

Boredom's easy to deal with - just go somewhere interesting or pick up a book.

I'm both. It depends on who I'm around. I'm introverted overall, because I cannot stand being around people and I'm happiest when I'm alone in my room. However, when I'm with my mother or with my handful of good friends, I'm the loudest and most talkative. I tend to dominate conversations, because I'm a rambling Aspie who drones on about her "special interests."
-OddDuckNash99-

Im scored a 16 which isnt really a surprise. I just realized that all of my friends are introverted. 5/6 of them have expressed to me they dont like being around people at times. Extroverted people seem to annoy me often times.

I am naturally an introvert...but I force myself to act extroverted enough to where I kind of became that way...in otherwords the "acting" started becoming natural to me. So while I still don't like going and being social, usually it's preparing, and going that I don't like, once I get there I am usually ok. Anticipation and what if's are what really gets me.

I scored a 19, which they consider to be "extremely introverted." I have no friends, so in a sense this is true. Their description of introverts and extraverts, of course, mixes things that apply to me: