does anyone else do this?

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<p>Hey. So I have friends that I hang out with, but sometimes I need to have me time. For instance, if I see my friends on a Friday night then typically I will stay in Saturday depending on my mood. If I want to go out then I will. If I don't have plans then I stay in. Is this weird? My roommates ( I live in an apartment so I have my own room) seem to go out every night of the weekend and will come back super late and I have done nothing. It's almost like I feel guilty or embarrassed that I don't have plans every night. I don't know. I know they aren't judging me but sometimes I like to have a night where I just relax and watch Netflix. My roommates constantly have people over or will be going in and out throughout the night. Does anyone else do this? Any comments are welcome but please be nice :)</p>

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<p>I always need time to myself - I have a group of friends who I hang out with through the week; and I kind of have an emotional/physical “limit” to which I can tolerate social interaction before I have to recharge. For instance, on Thursday night I hung out with three friends and we went out for dinner and went shopping, etc, and I didn’t get home until around 11pm (which is late for me…) and I knew that I wouldn’t be able to do the same thing over the weekend because I kind of needed to just be alone for a couple of days and do homework, read, watch netflix, do my hair, etc. </p>

<p>I can barely fathom how some kids spend every waking minute together - it’s not that I look down on them or anything, I just get so confused how a group of 7 or 8 kids can be together every moment they aren’t in class. That’d put me in some sort of comatose state. I need alone time. </p>

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<p>Some people recharge by being alone, others by being with people. There’s no “right way.” (Me, I’m like you. And for me, home is the safe haven where I can be quiet and alone when I want to.)</p>

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<p>People who recharge by being alone are called Introverts. People who recharge by being with others are called Extroverts. Neither is “right”. </p>

<p><a href=“11 Comics Every Introvert Will Understand”>http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/comics-every-introvert-will-understand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/howtolivewithintroverts1.jpg”>http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/howtolivewithintroverts1.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“Caring for Your Introvert - The Atlantic”>Caring for Your Introvert - The Atlantic;

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<p>thanks for the articles, bopper. They are so accurate and perfectly describe what it is like being an introvert. Thanks everyone else too!</p>

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<p>Oh no! I wasn’t saying being an introvert is right and being an extrovert is wrong. I was simply saying I could never imagine being as social as an extrovert. It’d knock me right out. </p>

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<p>I was really saying that Extroverts can imply there is something wrong with you if you don’t want to go and party all the time.</p>

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<p>The only problem with spending time by yourself is that it can be very addicting, and quite easy to go overboard. As long as you are disciplined enough to get out every once and a while to socialize I don’t see any harm with it. Enjoy!</p>