Does anyone else get 'peopled out' like this?

[Cotswolly78]

Now, I've always known I'm an introvert, love my own company, but on a Saturday I do my hobby as part of a club, which I generally enjoy because I love this outdoor activity, although I can find the constant chit-chat draining.

Last week, I'd an unusually busy week in work and so yesterday, although I wanted to do my hobby, I felt a bit tired and not up to making conversation, so I took off on my own and really enjoyed it. I do this occasionally when I feel 'peopled out' and really like it.

Am I a bit odd or does anyone else feel similar?

You’re not odd at all. I seem extraverted when around people but I don’t really enjoy socialising. I need to spend a lot of time on my own doing things I like or just chilling but it’s taken me a long time to accept that it’s ok!! It’s perfectly normal to need that time. Enjoy it

I feel you! I'm an introvert to the core but have to be extroverted for work, and now tend to be as a parent (I feel like DS gets more play dates if I interact with other parents 😂) but it KILLS me. I need my scrolling/TV time at night or I'd lose my shit!

I’m an extrovert in general, but I love walking and going over the fields at the back of my house. My biggest fear is that someone wants to come with me.

That’s my time.

Not odd at all in my view!

Not odd. People tell me 'ooh you're such an extrovert' because I'm cheerful and chatty.

I'm absolutely not. I find people draining and need lots and lots of time alone to recharge my batteries. Just because I'm not shy in any way does not make me 'an extrovert'.

After a busy week I'd have skipped the people too.

I spend my weekends in a hobby that’s pretty much being on my own because I have to be quite extroverted and confident at work and it drains the absolute life out of me! Come Friday afternoon most weeks I wouldn’t care if I never spoke to another human being again 😆

Not odd at all!

I’ve spent today indoors with my DD just pottering about, reading, watching tv etc as I had a busy week at work and spent all of yesterday with family. I am introverted and definitely need time to decompress.

I use the same expression and often describe places as too peopley.
I am much happier with my animals. In an ideal world I would live miles from anyone else.

I have just got home from a lovely social lunch get together with old friends.
I am sitting in my car outside my house scrolling through MN because it is quiet and peaceful in the car, I am peopled out and there are people in the house!!
They are my family, but yep - I am peopled out

Not weird at all.

I like the Ricky Gervais quote, "it's not so much the crowds I hate as the people in them".

Yup, surely everyone does.

Introvert = gets their energy from being alone
Extrovert = gets their energy from socialising

But surely everyone gets pissed off at being around people constantly, and needs chill time.

Me whenever I come home 😂

It’s a myth that extroverted people don’t get drained from socializing. Almost everyone does.

The difference between introverts and extroverts is that extroverts enjoy and value socializing more.

That said, I’m an extrovert and still appreciate alone time of peace and quiet for hiking. I don’t think you’re odd at all.

False. Extroverts are also drained from socializing. They simply view the trade off as worth it.

Yes. I need a lot of quiet time. I have one dd much the same. But my other dd needs constant people, people, people - she’s been the same from barely 2 - and although she rarely says as much, I know she thinks there’s something wrong with me and her sister - and with anyone else who isn’t madly, non-stop sociable.
Typical extrovert attitude, I’m afraid….

I'm not sure, I think some people hate being on their own, my sister being one of them. Her worst nightmare is being in the house, at work, anywhere on her own without someone to talk to. Not just sit companionably with, actually interact with. It's just the way she is and I'm the opposite. She says I'm an anti social cow and I say she's a needy twat. To each others faces of course. 😂

Same. School drained me. Ditto work. Took me until I was on my 40s to realise I don’t like being around people much. Love my own company x

Same. I love to meet people for a coffee or dinner etc but only a couple of times a month. I like being on my own better than anything else. I used to think I was a bit strange, now I know that it's perfectly fine.

No you’re not weird, but might be autistic. Nothing wrong with that, in a way it allows you to know more about why you feel stressed from socialising instead of how extroverts feel energised from socialising.

Yep, I’m the same. Need time on my own/chilled time to recharge. If I go out for the evening I’ll need time to wind down before I get home and environments/activities with lots of people really take it out of me. If someone is staying with me I’ll get up early or go to bed later to get that time to recharge. Sometimes I’m really tired and don’t go to a hobby club but will exercise on my own instead (as I’m actually mentally tired but not physically tired)

Not odd at all.
I've had a really busy day and got loads done but I'm now in bed
scrolling MN because I told my husband if one more person spoke to me today I would probably cry 😀
Bless him, he made me a cuppa and sent me to bed.
I'm probably in the minority, but I absolutely loved lockdown when it was illegal for people to speak to me.

Nope not odd, I'm the same and an introvert. I work with an extrovert and I quite often have to go and sit in my car at lunch so I can get some peace and quiet!

Totally normal.

I love socialising & hosting but at some point the switch throws & I know I’ll need alone time soon.

I know most people like living with other people, but I cried with relief after my divorce once I could finally afford to stop house sharing & get my own place. Never again! Just me & my cat.

Yes this is me also, people think I'm naturally chatty. I'm not shy and can chat away to anyone - it's just I find it a big effort at times.

In case anyone is wondering, the hobby is Nordic walking. I love it, it's my happy place, and yesterday I just relished the silence as sometimes it'd be non-stop talking, although the group is a nice crowd.

Not odd. I'm the same. When surrounded by people all week at work and having to 'put on' a professional front it is tiring! Having to be polite and nice to people you don't particularly warm to or who are rude to you ... I crave peace at the weekends! My DM and I both work in the NHS and always say this! I am extroverted around people I feel completely comfortable with, otherwise hate making small talk!