Extrovert, Introvert, Ambivert, Omnivert Poll

[FayetheAspie]

If you don't know what an ambivert and/or omnivert is, I am providing a link to an article so you can read up on them. I know most people with ASD seem to be introverts, but I have been wondering how many relate to the other descriptions. I relate to omnivert the best.
What's the Difference Between an Ambivert and an Omnivert?

It has been brought to my attention that the quiz at the end of the article requires payment. I don't intend for anyone to take the test unless they just want to for their own purposes. I merely want you to be able to read the descriptions of ambivert and omnivert. I do not know whether the company is reliable or not and am not trying to promote this particular company or their quiz.

 

[Misty Avich]

I think I'm an omnivert, or ambivert. I have shy tendencies but at the same time I have a natural desire to be social and I do love chatting and bonding with people. I mean I'm not exactly the life and soul, and I'm not really loud or socially influential or anything like that. But I'm still not unsociable and I would much prefer having my lunch with my colleagues than having lunch on my own. Some people I'm quieter around than I am with others, but that might just be because I don't really click with them. And that's okay.

I don't chat much to strangers. I become socially anxious around strangers, although I'm still polite and everything if they speak to me. Sadly I'm not normally the sort people would just go up to and start chatting to, and I don't make friends very quickly. Like if I go on a vacation I don't seem to make friends. It does depress me though because I'm not that socially inept and I just often feel like I'm undesirable, friendship-wise.

I wish I was like my sister. She puts herself out there, gets people's phone numbers and constantly texts them, suggesting meet ups and stuff, and has no fear of rejection. She actually knows less than me about how friendships work and the patterns of social behaviour, yet still seems to make friends better than me.

 

[Roisin]

I'm an introvert, on rare occasions I enjoy being around people.

 

[Neonatal RRT]

I don't know what I am.

I work with the public and can mask my way through and can even seem pleasantly extroverted if I need to be.

I can also be the quietest person in the room without being introverted, per se. I am not shy. I just don't find the need to talk all the time.

I am the person that most people feel intimidated by because I tend to not use a lot of words. I rarely speak unless spoken to, yet when I do speak it's with some directness and authority.

 

[Neri]

I think I might be an Omnivert. I vacillate between extreme introversion and super confidence (which took a long time to develop, by the way, performance art is what did it) and needing to be alone quite a lot. I can text or write here in my alone time, but I need to avoid all RL conversations. I love my time to myself and I need it like life's blood

 

[Rodafina]

Happily an introvert. No question.

 

[Judge]

Kirk: "Spock, do you think Judge is an extrovert?
Spock: "Captain, perhaps it would be best to consult with Doctor McCoy."
Kirk: "I'm stunned, Spock."
Spock: (Says nothing but raises his eyebrow.)
Kirk: "Ok, so Bones, what do you think? Is he an extrovert?'
Dr. McCoy: "In a pig's eye!"
Kirk: "Right."

 

[Tuffsy]

If you don't know what an ambivert and/or omnivert is, I am providing a link to an article so you can read up on them. I know most people with ASD seem to be introverts, but I have been wondering how many relate to the other descriptions. I relate to omnivert the best.
What's the Difference Between an Ambivert and an Omnivert?

I feel the same as you. In the past I tended to be an extravert at parties due to alcohol, which I no longer do. I am normally shy with people except when in front of an audience playing music or public speaking, but I guess that is a role playing exercise.

An interesting test on the link you provided, but they want money to send your result so I just quit and hope I don't get spammed.

 

[FayetheAspie]

I don't finish quizzes that require payments either and did not even know that one did. I was just meaning for people to be able to read the descriptions in the article part.

 

[Crossbreed]

Intro-leaning ambi-.
I can step into extra-, when I need to, but spend most of my time as intro-.

Past extravert activities:

• acting,
• singing,
• helpdesk &
• census test administrator.

Having some kind of script helps.

I am still not comfortable with speech-making, however.

 

[SusanLR]

Introvert most of the time, but like the Omnivert, I can act social or even be funny with jokes, etc. when in the right situation.
It isn't the real me and is more like an actor portraying a part.

I was a model and modeling instructor, so that's where I learned to be so.

 

[Misty Avich]

I think I must be shy then because I couldn't stand and speak in front of loads of people. I couldn't even be a teacher where you have to stand up in front of a class full of students, no matter what age.

Also I'm no good with strangers. When I used to volunteer in a small charity shop I became very anxious when I was put behind the till on my own. I found the scripted type of talking to customers difficult, like when a cashier gives change they usually say the amount as they put it into your hand, but I kept getting tongue-tied due to nerves, so I didn't bother in the end.
I much preferred being upstairs in the store room with the other volunteers, chatting away as we sorted through donations. That I seemed fine with. But when it came to talking to customers, I'd clam up. Although if I was on the till with another volunteer, I felt more relaxed and could talk to the customers more.

 

[Alexej]

Thank you @FayetheAspie for this post.
This is one of the things I love about this site - you get so many different inputs, from so many different sources

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I'm definitely an introvert. I define it by "being around people takes energy from me and I recharge my battery by being alone". I have thought long that that's the same for everyone, until I have heard from friends that they recharge by being around other people and that being alone drains their battery. This seems baffling to me, but everyone's different.

That doesn't mean that I don't enjoy being with people I like. I can even feel energized after a good talk with someone I feel really comfortable with. But that's more a hyped-up kind of feeling. I will still be tired at some point after. If I feel comfortable and my battery is high enough, I will even seek out people to chat.
Generally, I use time alone whenever I can get it, because my natural needed alone time isn't socially accepted. So I sort of always run on my batteries being around 80-90%, never 100%.

 

[blitzkrieg]

I'd probably say I am somewhere in between an introvert and an omnivert, but probably leaning towards being an introvert, primarily.

 

[FayetheAspie]

I myself seem to naturally rotate between which gives me energy and which drains me ( talking to others or alone time). So omnivert seems like the only option for explaining this. I even get different results on personality type tests depending on which mode I am in. Neither mode is brought on by alcohol or any other substances. The change occurs naturally.

 

[AuAL]

@FayetheAspie, thanks, this has been interesting. To the critics of pop-psych, yes, Myer-Briggs is suspect on so many levels (but was still used in HR extensively when I was in management roles.) But thinking about this stuff can help us to confront some of what goes on in our minds. I have tested as INTP several times. See that “I” at the front? I have also happily presented to audiences of hundreds of university students. Extroverts gain energy from the external, introverts from within themselves. I feel no internal sense of self worth - I must have external validation - but my “spiritual retreats” are in solitude, in nature. I have yet to find a label that helps me to live a more authentic version of myself. But at least this has has expanded the bipolar to a spectrum.

 

[Judge]

I myself seem to naturally rotate between which gives me energy and which drains me ( talking to others or alone time). So omnivert seems like the only option for explaining this. I even get different results on personality type tests depending on which mode I am in. Neither mode is brought on alcohol or any other substances. The change occurs naturally.

Sounds familiar. Over the years I have seen a few of you come and go here. There most definitely are those on the spectrum who are not easily defined as introverts. Not at all.

Sadly we lost one of them a while back, who I liked very much. So naturally full of energy and enthusiasm who stood out among our community. I miss her.

 

[FayetheAspie]

Sounds familiar. Over the years I have seen a few of you come and go here. There most definitely are those on the spectrum who are not easily defined as introverts. Not at all.

Sadly we lost one of them a while back, who I liked very much. So naturally full of energy and enthusiasm who stood out among our community. I miss her.

Who? (If it's not inappropriate to ask.)

 

[TBRS1]

I went with omnivert.

Usually an introvert, but, when comfortable, can be very outgoing.

Just not very comfortable with people, most of the time.