Lunch gathering

[Jovi88]

I don't go to office today because there is lunch gathering at my office. It involves 30 persons more which i don't really close. I want to say no but i don't find any excuse. Yesterday i declined dinner invitations too from other divisions that involves the same number of people. Is it normal for introvert to do that?

 

[lostatsea]

No. Introversion does not mean you can't be in a group. Being introverted means you prefer being alone or with close friends rather than large groups. Going to extremes like skipping out on work just to avoid a lunch gathering is something beyond being introverted.

 

[Batman55]

It might be social anxiety, too.

 

[ladyforsaken]

Hmm. I do this too... sometimes..... but I don't think I have social anxiety. Although sometimes I do wonder if I might have.

 

[Jovi88]

Hmm. I do this too... sometimes..... but I don't think I have social anxiety. Although sometimes I do wonder if I might have.

I don't think i have social anxiety either. But when i'm in a bad mood, i tend to avoid those things. I just prefer to be alone.

 

[Veruca]

I think most people alternate between being sociable and avoiding people, I know I do and most of the people I know are like that as well. Maybe you're just not in the mood to make small talk with people you don't really know very well, and that's okay

 

[Jovi88]

I think most people alternate between being sociable and avoiding people, I know I do and most of the people I know are like that as well. Maybe you're just not in the mood to make small talk with people you don't really know very well, and that's okay

Yes, i think so, but at my office it seems that everyone are sociable, and that makes me real hard to deal with.

 

[9006]

It's normal for anyone to do that; you can do what you want.