Growing up I was actually teased (mostly by family) for my talkative, extroverted and gregarious nature. It was to the point that I actually developed the thinking that being an extravert is bad, being outgoing, communicative and having lots of friends is a downfall. And though I try to tell myself that it's not so, I still, to a point, think that way. It's something deeply rooted in me now because of my upbringing.

My sister was the exact opposite, very introverted and had a hard time socially. She needed to spend a lot of alone time in order to handle long lengths of time with people; social situations exhausted her. She would have rather read books than attending large get together's.

As I grew up, I became less extroverted (maybe as a result of my family??), now I do become exhausted by too much social activity and on the weekends - I am completely happy to stay home with just my husband and son. I really enjoy time alone. Though I still enjoy being with my friends and attending parties, I am still mostly outgoing and extroverted by nature. However, I find myself TRYING to be introverted because of this mindset that I am somehow in the WRONG for being extroverted.

My family still teases about this and obviously doesn't understand the impact it had on me.

Were you ever made to feel that your personality type was WRONG, or that you had to be something/somebody else?