reason why i don't talk a lot

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I rarely say that much as, often some people perceived me as being boring and all yet, I do try to incorporate ideals as to what others are speaking upon but sometimes it works, sometimes it does not yet, I'm not daunted by this I keep trying hoping eventually someone will get around to listening to me when they have the time and energy to do so..

ProfessorX

I just say that I'm quiet, and that's just me. If they don't like the answer, that's not my problem

That'll work on new people -- but people who already know you will see the change in baseline behavior. They'll pester you. "What's wrong?" "Why are you so quiet?" Hell, if I shut up for 5 minutes, I get that. I'll use that on new people, though. I've always respected people who were quiet, mainly because they never gave me reason to do otherwise.

True, some people confuse 'not feeling particulary talkative' with 'depressed', 'angry', 'grumpy' or something else along those lines or other when it is and has always been just 'not feeling particually talkative'.

I usually have to fend off my mother, who's one of those people. Oh, well. I just tell her I have a headache. Or that I'm just tired, which is almost always true. It's usually enough and she'll get the message.

I find with new people I can usually try and talk normally, but keeping that up is so hard I start to become withdrawn again and that's when I get questioned as to what's wrong.

It didn't used to be so bad when I was young cos I'd take books everywhere to ensure no-one disturbed me, but now I'm in my 20s I can't hide behind books in social situations and I hate it!

I've often wished I could be considered a mute. Oh, the problems that would solve!

I am also usually very quiet. Sometimes people will assume something is wrong because I'm being quieter than usual. Then they start to pester me to tell them what is up and they don't believe me when I tell them that I just feel like being quiet. The pestering starts to get on my nerves and its them pestering me about something being wrong that is actually what is wrong and I start to actually get upset about that. It becomes this self fulfilling prophesy, I'm not upset about anything, but somebody assumes I am because I'm being quiet and that assumption leads to be becoming upset.

*clink* I'll toast that!

Mine has another dimension -- my friends are worried that I'm going to commit suicide. They even warned me that if I ever said so, they would have to call 911 by law (a very strange thing to say -- they said this out-of-the-blue). They shouldn't be worried -- I have no intention of going to hell or living this life again, which are the only two consequences I can imagine for that (both are very bad, but at least the latter gives me another chance to make it through again). So, when I get quiet, they start to think I'm going off the deep end (which is the opposite -- calm = quiet for me) and start going for the phone. All because I had admitted that, a while back, I had prepared and very nearly did commit suicide (it was putting away a bible and, while in tears, opening it up and reading a part of Exodus that brought me back from the brink).

I often hesitate a lot in my speech now days because:

a) I don't want to say something false
b) I don't want to confuse other people(almost always happens when discussing a topic of interest)
c) It takes me time to think of how to say what I want to say
d) I don't want to say something that offends someone
e) Often times I'm confused at the conversation that is going on

a) used to not be a concern, but now it is.

My grandmother is "one of those people" too. She's been harassing me about this since I was a teenager. Before that, I was often considered "too talkative" and always about the same subjects(snakes, video games, ect.). There's just no pleasing everyone...

Same here. My therapist kind of acts like I'm nuts, lol. My biggest beef at the moment is being drilled on why I don't talk about things that interest me. I just don't want to, lol-no other reason than that. I'm fully entertained simply thinking about it by myself. What bugs me is when people start asking "what are you thinking about?" "is something wrong?" I usually snap after a lot of silence while entertaining myself in my mind, and wind up yelling at them, lol. Because "it's nothing important" is always seen as "I really need to talk about this", and they push and push.

That is annoying! I hate that because I lose track of what I was thinking about. Does that happen to you too?

Described me to a T. I also hate the "What's on your mind" questioning.

I used to answer that question as "hair", but alas, my brown strands have forsaken me and left for prettier heads.

LOL

It is good to not say much when you're young. After you've lived a while, then you might have more to say.

I don't talk much because few pople like to listen to what I like to talk about.