Introvert?

[Zoe]

I came across this term a few days ago, and I'm not exactly sure what it means, I think it may have a different meaning to everyone, but from what I gathered its somebody who is a bit more reserved, not that they don't like to associate with people, but who would rather be on there own, like in my case I would choose to stay at home and DD or read on a friday night then go out to some wild party. And I have also found myself doing that in various situations like on a monday morning whilst everyone else is chatting about their weekends you'll probably find me in the corner sitting next to the classroom, and some of my "friends" think thats weird and think I'm feeling left out, when I would actually prefer to be left alone with my own thoughts, approaching groups of people makes me anxious I don't like it. But I am also a very outgoing person. I think it depends who I'm with, there are some specific  people that I would be more than happy to approach and talk to, but often no. 

What do you think being an introvert means? 

[greyartist]

M Hunter, this is a great way to explain it, "I find people to be annoying most of the time and their presence is exhausting for me." I've read in personality profiles that being in crowds drains energy from introverts but feeds energy to extroverts. I find this very true. My husband is an extrovert and me an introvert.