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Since people mention it, though not an illness, I would say I'm an introvert.
If people don't know what it is they should look it up, because at first I didn't want to call myself that. Then I found it that it does NOT mean you are this lonely weirdo who are afraid of everything and is mentally sick. It's more or less just an explanation for your personality and how you go about daily life and how you handle situations differently than others.
Some of the basics of it is how I don't mind being alone, I kind of like it actually, and I don't get lonely because of it either. I'm creative and like to finish my works before I present them. I like to prepare what I say or do sometimes, because I want them to be done right. I like being out and socializing, but I often need to "recover" from such things by being alone and in a calm place afterwards. If I'm too much out between a lot of people, noises, things I tend to get grumpy or tired. But I love a fun night with friends and usually I'm the one speaking the loudest, cracking the most jokes and talking like there's no tomorrow.
All of these things are usually a sign of being introverted and some of what I say here and some of which I know contradicts with the fact that I should have anything like a social anxiety or something like that. I'm pretty sure I'm just introverted, not to say that this can't be a challenge in itself and not to say that it is on a daily basis. But I'm happy to say that I am since that helps me understand myself and know that I'm perfectly normal and that there's plenty of people like me.