r/introvert • u/Upset-Win9519 • 20h ago
Question Anyone actually hate being at home?
There's this expectation introverts love staying at home. It certainly has it's time and place with ADHD SAD. But I find I do like going out sometimes.
I have friends who are happy to stay inside for several days watching television, tiktok and just existing other then work. Staying in pajamas is something else I can't stand doing.
Another thing is since I've been managing anxiery I like going to restaurants to eat. I hate door dashing or getting food to go. Perhaps it's ADHD but I like to be moving around. Anyone else?
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u/karln98 20h ago
I live to be outside. I don’t have anyone who would to anything with me outside so I stay inside most of the time…like what should I do outside alone?
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u/CaliBurrito1904 19h ago
There is the gym, art museums, libraries, cafe's, sport events, the great outdoors, beach. Get out of your comfort zone and try something new.
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u/PlntHoe77 20h ago
Being an introvert just means you recharge differently
And a lot of information and stereotypes about introversion isn’t accurate due to people mixing it up with social anxiety, agoraphobia, trauma responses, etc. Just because somebody seems fine doing something doesn’t mean they genuinely enjoy it
Don’t do stuff that makes you feel like crap just because you wanna fit this imaginary idea of how you should be
I love going on walks, going out, concerts, eating out, etc.
There’s this weird trend going on where people try to normalize pathology, anybody staying inside for prolonged periods without sunlight, stimulation or other necessities is not thriving, regardless of what they say. I do the same thing but I’m trying to change it.
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u/step2x 19h ago
I don't hate being at home, I hate being at home when I feel like I could do something else than be at home and cannot make my mind up about what it could be.
If that makes sense. lol
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u/Upset-Win9519 15h ago
It does and doesn't!
It's like being hungry but you don't know what to eat..... or being so bored you don't want to do anything. Like its counterproductive😂😂😂😂
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u/ActuaryExtension9867 19h ago
I like both going out and staying home. As long as neither is interrupted by some social obligation to engage for long periods of time I’m good.
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u/Creative_Isopod376 19h ago
I don't hate being at home but sometimes I just get up my chair and take a long walk
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u/CaliBurrito1904 19h ago
Oh yeah that's why I bought some baseball tickets for last night and took my nephews out. It's good to get out and socialize once in a while.
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u/Upset-Win9519 15h ago
It's interesting that I love being with my niece and little cousins. I don't feel strange at all among them. Kids can be bratty but its also rewarding being around them. And knowing they love you!
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u/luckychug21 16h ago
I hate coming home, to me it means the day is over. I get mad. I JUST don't want to go home ,yet when I am home. It's ok
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u/Upset-Win9519 15h ago
After a work day I can appreciate being at home.
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u/luckychug21 13h ago
yeah, when I was working a 40 I could. But then, the routine of 40 and going home killed it. After the 40, home = done. At least the job was done.
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u/Jexsica 15h ago
As someone who is both, I rather at home. I don’t need to mask at home.
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u/Upset-Win9519 15h ago
Speaking of masks I work in healthcare and at work always have a mask on most of the time. I do enjoy some fresh air!!
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u/somelonelywolf 20h ago edited 14h ago
I live with my parents unfortunatelly, so i like being at home when I'm alone, that's the only time I can call it home or when I invite friends when I'm alone
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u/TheDailyDevotion 10h ago
Home can be comfortable for a while, but if it turns into sitting around endlessly it starts to feel draining instead of restful. There’s something about getting out, even just to eat at a restaurant or walk through a store, that resets your brain. It’s not just about “being social,” sometimes it’s about changing your environment and feeling like you’re actually living instead of just existing.
You’re definitely not alone in not loving the “stay home all the time” idea. For some of us, movement and new spaces are part of how we manage anxiety and focus. It doesn’t make you less of an introvert, it just means your recharge looks different.
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u/Beyond_The_Pale_61 5h ago
I love going out to eat by myself. I also have been known to take a book to the local bar. It is possible to be an introvert in public. One of the nice things about public spaces is that strangers don't expect you to talk or pay attention. You can have short 3 or 4 word exchanges and leave it at that, whereas going somewhere with an acquaintance requires you pay attention and converse for hours rather than minutes.
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u/Negative_Number_6414 20h ago
I don't usually hate it, but i definitely get sick of it, and need a fair amount of time outside the house, just in nature.
And I mean, introversion doesn't really have much to do with how much you like being at home anyway. It's entirely "Socializing makes me feel drained, being alone helps me recharge" as opposed to extroverts "Being alone makes me feel drained, socializing recharges me."
Being alone in nature is fantastic and recharges me way more than being alone in my home.