Have you ever gotten close to feeling socially 'normal' (and I use the word 'normal' loosely), and then after another period of solitude, your normalcy fades away like the fog, as if it never even existed?

I'm like that. I'm up and down with being social and feeling comfortable socializing, and then I'm back to being completely introverted and not wanting to speak to anybody for days or even weeks at a time. These strange social mood swings are sometimes confusing to people I work with and even to myself sometimes.

It is comfortable for me to be in complete solitude, away from the sounds of groups of people socializing. I try to mingle and socialize as much as I can tolerate at work, but it drains me completely. I just want to stop and not talk to anybody sometimes. So, I'll go out to lunch on my own and just enjoy the long hour of peaceful solitude.

I am naturally an introvert. I don't derive energy from talking to people. It does the opposite; it drains me.

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