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At 4/10/12 02:20 PM, Heretic-Anchorite wrote: I will tell you this.

Social intelligence, and interaction isn't something you just forget, and can't do after a while. It's "like riding a bicycle" is an example some people may use.

Hey, I'm living proof. I used to be fine at socialising before. I'd joke around with my friends, have a witty sense of humour and I had a large group of friends. I used to enjoy socialising.

Throughout the years I became more introverted and now I can literally say I forgot that social intelligence I had. Now, whenever I do engage in conversation with acquaintances or friends who aren't really close friends, I'm crap at it and my sense of humour is really bland. Friends have told me that they wish I was how I was before, and not the "antisocial freak" I am now.

If Extraverts feel social awkwardness then clearly it isn't introversion alone that determines social awkwardness. That would prove that there are other factors unrelated to whether or not you are introverted that determine social awkwardness.

My point there was that neglecting social activity causes you to become more socially awkward, and since as an introvert you're basically constantly neglecting social activity, you automatically get more socially awkward when you're introverted.

I'm not saying it's impossible for someone who is introverted to be socially awkward, that would be incorrect.

However, I am arguing that some who is introverted isn't be definition socially awkward, and has the same capacity of social intelligence as extraverts, and everyone else.

My argument is that Introversion has no direct relationship to social intelligence.

I agree that by definition, introverts aren't socially awkward. Introverts are introverts because they choose to refrain from socialising. Still, I'm a firm believer that introversion causes social awkwardness. You're not just magically good at socialising and then you spend all your time indoors not speaking a word to anyone except family relatives and the odd person on MSN.

At 4/10/12 06:08 PM, Heretic-Anchorite wrote: I'll agree that introversion when combined with other factors can cause social awkwardness, but I've always been living proof of my point. I can be classified as really introverted, but I also excel at social situations, and I have always been naturally great at interaction.

The rest of this is really moot.

Yeah I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. If someone has been introverted for a long time and is still naturally good at social interaction, then that's impressive, to say the least, but highly unlikely IMO.

At 4/11/12 04:02 AM, i-am-ghey wrote: what the fuck? whether you are introverted or extroverted was already determined at birth. you can behave differently under the same situation but there is no way you can change your personal character.

I'm telling you man. I was totally extroverted when I was young. I used to hate being on my own and constantly found comfort and enjoyment around friends. Then I started making music and reading/writing books more and I began focusing on those more than being extroverted. Now I can't stand socialising for a long amount of time and I only talk when talked to. Talking to other people makes me literally feel drained.

introverts are just as good as extroverts. each of them its own strengths and weaknesses and neither of them is more inferior. being an introvert does not mean you are not good at social skills. it just means you prefer being alone to being with other people and most of your energy comes from yourself, not from others.

Hey I've never argued that introverts are worse off than extroverts. In fact I think being introverted beats being extroverted, but that's a heavily biased argument. Most of my friends see introverts as "freaks" so they think being extroverted is better.

And yeah I've always thought that being introverted naturally leads to lack of social skills. I find it hard to fathom that someone who rarely ever talks to anyone can be magically good at it. If there are people like that, then I stand corrected and I'm impressed, but I'm still sticking to the mentality that introverts who can socialise well are extremely rare.