Why am I so irritable when I'm around people?

Question

All I ever want to do is escape from the people I'm around and be on my own and do my own thing. I know it sounds selfish but I just hate spending long periods of time around people. I just end up getting irritated and snap at the smallest of things.

Why do you think this could be?

Answer 1

They make you feel inferior for some reason, you hate that, the hate builds up and you go into one. Either you are a bad tempered misanthrope or you drink.

Answer 2

Hey Jay I feel the exact same .I like to be on my own and have a routine that i like to do and i also just enjoy pottering around the house on my own. i find that after i am with people for to long i find myself on the defences as if i am waiting for them to say something bad! Its weird. So what i do is divide my time in my own mind between my boyfriend and work and the talking to my family and friends this does not always work and some people end up getting pissed with me .But that's the way i manage not being around the same people foe too long each time. I am glad that you brought this up because now i know that's not alone out there lol....  

Answer 3

Most people are tossers.

Answer 4

Everyone is difference and some people just prefer their own company.  I'm more of a social person so I prefer to have people around, but even I like to have some time and space to myself.

Your not being selfish you are just being you, and also being true to yourself.  No doubt it's because you prefer your own company that you get snappy with people after being in their company for quite some time.  Being in the same peoples company for any great length of time means that you can both start getting on each others nerves, and I'm speaking from experience on that one.

The other reason that people sometimes are snappy with others is when they are feeling down/depressed.

Nothing wrong with you it's perfectly normal.

Answer 5

I agree with the bloke above. It doesn't mean there is something wrong with you. Most people are annoying at least in some way and some people are fine to put up with that and others aren't. If you have no need to hang out with these people and they irritate you when you do then you just have to accept that.

I'm exactly the same and its a hard thing because its not that you don't want friends, its that you can't be friends with people because they get in the way of the stuff you want to do on your own. The only thing you can do is try to meet someone that understands and possibly someone that gets just as irritated. It may sound like it wouldn't work but I met my girlfriend 2 years ago and she, like me, hates being around people for more than a small amount of time and yet we've lived together happily for the whole time we've known each other. Sometimes you just click with someone and it just works out even if talking to people usually feels like a waste of time after a while.

I also met a guy who hated everyone and we got on really well, until he became a mormon and started being really friendly to perfect strangers.

Basically don't worry about it and just try to find people who get just as irritated because somehow sharing that irritation makes it a lot easier to get on since if you or they need to leave the other one understands and doesn't really get offended. Also when you meet new people you share a dislike for them and it brings you closer together. It may seem mean, it may seem selfish, but whats so wrong with that? People don't need to be offended by your irritation, why should they care? Its their choice so don't worry about it and just try to be happy in yourself and what you do.  

Answer 6

You're a very sensitive person. Most intelligent people are the same way. The low vibration rate of the average person can be felt by sensitive types and it can be literally painful, in a psychic way, to be around such people for long.

Nothing wrong with wanting to be by yourself most of the time.

Answer 7

join the anti-social club, ive been a member for years :)))

well said man below.....see your part of the elite....be happy.