I have a hard time with the first one as well. Like, I care about friends and family, it's just, I don't need to know what they're doing all the time. I feel like I'm telling and listening to the same 3 stories over and over because life doesn't really change much. Now, if people actually talked about things and ideas instead of other people, I might be more interested.

Only 9?

Thank you so much for posting that. Being an introvert is generally exhausting.

In my career as a sales rep, I had to make presentations to CEO's, Marketing Directors, etc... and had no problem doing so. But I freaked out like crazy over the speech I had to make at my son's wedding last year. I rehearsed and rehearsed, and when I read it the morning of the wedding, I decided it sounded too much like a Ted Talk. This speaks to your comment about overthinking. So I scrapped the speech and winged it at the wedding. Surprisingly, it turned out much better than the original speech.

I was a introvert , and challenged myself to overcome it. Still am but much better

They all apply to me except the loneliness part. I'm on my own for a good chunk of my free time but I've never felt lonely.