This whole thing makes me feel less like shut in since I HAVE to be a shut in,lol.

Cheers to us introverts!

T-bills, helps with the equanimity also.

[Still the shock of change, still needs integration here].

Me on the other hand haven't merely been adopted the isolation. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't smell the freshness of outside air until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but stank.

Being alone and reading, or whatever is fine with me. I'm not sure how well I'd do if I was locked up with kids... mine are all grown.

I, too, have wondered how my extroverted friends are doing! The ones I have good contact with (a couple of ENFPs) have confessed to me that they are finding refuge in online gaming of all types and becoming immersed in social media to an even larger extent than before. It's been really hard on them but I'm trying to be more extroverted and make sure I talk with them often. I might be turning into a bit of an ambivert.

Preparing my college classes to go online after this week. Been quite a challenge, but I think I have a decent hold on what I'd like to do for the few weeks we have until the end of the term. Trying to reassure my students (particularly the extroverts among the graduating degree recipients) that I will do my best to take care of them academically -- just need them to work with me, give me a few hours of their time each week. Then they can go do whatever they need/want to do in order to maintain their sanity.

BTW, if you're an Enneagram person, too, I'm a 4. Pretty balanced 5 and 3 wings. A little unusual for an academic, but I find that it does give me quite a different perspective than many in my field. =)

Hope you and yours are well!

And an Enneagram type 4 w/ 5 and 9 coming in at 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

This isn't hard for me at all. I am actually kind of enjoying it and if I need social interaction I call, email or text (kind of hate texting -last resort) people, but I am WFH during the day and there is plenty to keep me engaged at other times.

BTW, Welcome to DU!

Hannah Arendt, Franz Kafka.

What does bother me is that I can't do some of the things I was doing and really enjoyed - I belonged to a small vocal ensemble and I miss those rehearsals and performances. I was taking an art class, and while I can paint at home I valued the instuctors' guidance. I'm a Master Gardener, and although I can still work in the garden, all the conferences and workshops have been canceled. I can still take voice lessons via a Skype-type connection, and I think my foreign language class will continue via Zoom in a couple of weeks. But these are problems of privilege and I could cope anyhow.

Right now I'm suffering from gloom and ennui just because of the sheer magnitude of the disaster. The cats are keeping me company, but they are elderly and sleep a lot, even for cats. I'm hoping to get my sh*t together before long and work on some long-neglected projects. Right now I'm very glad not to be an extrovert because I'm not lonely - just kind of sad, and occasionally angry.

...is that I would love to go out to a bar for a drink. I am pretty introverted but I do like to be around people for a bit even if I'm not interacting with them. And I don't really care much for drinking at home alone.

here and the spring music scene was just starting to kick off. Miss popping into all of them for a beer and hanging with friends.

...I saw some news footage of 6th Street in Austin TX. Everything shut down, 6th Street like a ghost town. Broke my heart.

I couldn't be happier except for a mild case of flu. (Diagnosed via phone call from my doctor).

I've been out the front door only to get my mail.

I've been enjoying the backyard with my dog when I need some fresh air and sunshine.

streets. I and Mr Nay are both older with moderate health conditions, so we don't need to go out and get this stupid virus.

I do miss my water aerobics classes, though -- so good for the arthritis!

It hasn’t been a struggle for me either.

I’ve been very happy to watch a variety of online science videos during my isolation, for example.

If it weren’t for the fact that every trip to the grocery store feels like a life and death spin of the roulette wheel, I could do this for quite some time.

As I get ready to run the grocery gauntlet!

But I’m more than happy to just stay at home and be alone. For like, years at a time.

mother died when I was young, moved to another town, had to make/create friendships from whole cloth.

Not feeling guilty at all; enjoying spring + return of ospreys to southern MD.

I have always been socially distant - no family in the same state, live alone, work alone, sleep during the day, stay up (and work) all night, etc.....easy

... being very careful when getting groceries. I wish I could remember what my Meyers-Briggs type was.

on the left side in this link from the OP above. There's only so many characteristics to pick from which helps.

https://www.verywellmind.com/intp-introverted-intuitive-thinking-perceiving-2795989

couldn't part with any so here we are.

Doing fine...cooking, gardening, working, surprisingly not enough time to read or watch favored shows. Behind on reading list and watch list.

Gorgeous sunset in socal tonight.

I'm working from home, keeping busy. My biggest annoyance is with la-de-da coworkers who spend a lot of time talking and sharing and exclaiming and dreaming up ways to connect via zoom - let's have a funny hat day! - when all I want to do is get my work done and then work in the yard.

Typical INTJ. We're no fun. Lol.

I am starting to get antsy, but I know it will be awhile to see people.

Doing well. I have my mini dachshund, my Kindle, my computer, a DISH subscription, flowers coming up in my backyard and a wonderful husband who makes sure (because of my health issues) that I'm not going ANYWHERE. My kids are all ok and loving me from afar (some further than others, but with a flight back from Brazil on Sunday that little issue will be fixed).

I have friends who are uber-social who are losing their minds.

I’d be fine by myself but taking care of kids is not the same as watching netflix all day. I really miss physical activity, I absolutely cannot effectively work out at home, I need power of people in the gym to motivate me.

I'm glad you're enjoying it.

is beginning to lose it.

all of the posts here, I realize that I am, but not at my choosing.

I've been plagued for forty years with Migraines. Debilitating. So, over the years, I have sought out quiet, cool, often dim-lit rooms just to avoid all the excess noise, light, and smells (and I have ZERO tolerance for the heat). Fortunately, I am a self-starter, a voracious reader and enjoy solitary hobbies/crafts.

I just never realized that I had re-ordered my life this way. But it was a medical necessity.

But I don't feel guilty. I've spent my life stewing in social anxiety.

I’ve just been rolling with it: happy to spend time at home reading, messing around on the internet, and hanging with the cats, and enjoying feeling helpful and useful when I go to work. I’ve also enjoyed going on supply runs for my parents. I’m just taking it a day at a time and waiting to see what will happen next.

Stay home for three months...

Nobody gotta tell me twice.

So that aspect is no biggie for me, except business is pretty weird right now. I've always liked my own company, and that of my animals. Mr. Bayard is heading back to work this Thur, out of state, so that's quite worrisome. He's gone for a month at a time, and his company could care less about the health and safety of their employees.

Been doing major work in the gardens, and a friend and I were talking about making a greenhouse shopping trip. Then said, love our gardens, but not ready to die for them.

Just taking my self-isolation to the next level.

catching up with family and friends and there's no more excuses (from them, poor things).

I'm at home with two introverts but I'm willing to watch Netflix with them more than I used to be. I've talked them into game nights again and I've noticed they linger at the dinner table a little longer.

But I miss my school kids! That's where I got my heart filled up.

I'm retired so as long as I have electricity, I'm good.
I have a few hundred LP records, recorded television
programs and movies, and books.

Not so much.

INTP-T here.

Although I can interact with other people, I prefer to do so at a distance (in online forums like this one, for example). I've developed a lot of online friendships among people with whom I have more in common than I do with many people I know in real life. Among my activities, I play bridge online and spend time reading my Kindle books.

BTW, since you mentioned Myers-Briggs, I'm INFJ.

https://www.verywellmind.com/infj-introverted-intuitive-feeling-judging-2795978