I have anxiety issues when it comes to social interaction, not as bad as they were five years ago when I would feel faint if I was anywhere with other people and had to run to the relative safety of the car. But I still have mild panic attacks on occasion and have learned to cope with them without medication. When I was really bad, when the panic attacks began, I had to use medication, otherwise I was too afraid to even leave the house. I worked at a job for five years before I quit due to I couldn't stand my back-stabbing colleagues anymore, that made it possible for me to not have to interact with a whole lot of people on a daily basis. Just dealing with my colleagues. My boyfriend is an extrovert and loves being where there are lots of people and crowds, I hate it with a passion. I feel claustrophobic when I'm in a crowd and need out of there. I don't tell people I write unless it somehow gets brought up, like if a person asks me what I like to do, then I tell them that and my other hobbies. I always have the sense most people wouldn't care, so I save my breath. I also get the sense most people don't care a word I say, period, so I keep quiet. I've always been that way. But on the internet, I'm a bit more chatty. I think chatting on the internet is much easier than having to talk to people face to face. You don't have to deal with people turning away from you and talking to someone else when you're in the middle of saying something. And when that happens, people wonder why I won't talk to them.