3.03 Introverts

Many people today commonly dismiss introverts when they claim to feel lonely even with a crowd. Isn’t that like whining about having nothing to eat when opening up a full fridge? Whatever happened to their social skills?
I happen to sympathize with these lonely brave souls, though, perhaps because I am just one of them. Growing up homeschooling, I wanted to break the typical homeschool stereotype kid. I had friends, I went to camps, and I joined many events. However, I had an introvert personality. And often times my friends neglected my existence because of my silence during their conversation; they went out with their classmates from school, leaving me unaccompanied and forgotten back in the corner. At camp, I ate my lunch alone, spent free time alone, and sat in the back alone. Not because I wanted to isolate myself from people, but the circle of people pushed me out the circle whenever I tried to join a crowd. I could not fit in.
Having an introvert personality, I fear large groups, since it easily makes me feel left out, ignored, forgotten, or even unimportant. Some people scoff when hearing this, how can someone feel lonely
Yet in reality, these two words have significant difference and effects on people. Alone defines a physical situation when a single person stays separated from others—a situation where people could see. While loneliness represents a mental situation, an emotion that people feel inside, which people could not see from the surface. People can sense happiness when they have time alone. Introverts enjoy spending alone time; also various activities require spending time alone such as reading, writing, and drawing. Even though introverts enjoy spending time alone, they feel every single emotion just like everyone else does, including loneliness. Introverts do not feel alone in a crowd, but they feel lonely, a struggle of depression people cannot