This is something that has been annoying me. My brother, Noah(@browncat320), is a really talkative kid. He loves to share his seemingly endless information on the universe with everyone he sees. He's always saying the same things over and over again, except for the occasional "new" thing. If you just met him, you best expect that he'll be telling you all about his favorite moon from Jupiter or something about black holes. He also loves to talk at the most inconvenient times. Every five seconds, if someone isn't talking, he'll begin telling his target about something random. Which gets annoying when he is your little brother and you're the only of his siblings who actually is outside of her room most of the day. An hour ago, my dad's christian rock band held a performance at a church. I kid you not, you could hear it when you were outside. I wasn't trying to lose my hearing, so I stayed outside of the room where the performance was being held. When it finished at 7:00, everyone was talking and mingling. I, being an introvert of sorts, didn't engage in conversation with anyone and listened in to what my relatives were talking about. It's just something I do without thinking. Listening to more than one conversation at a time is overwhelming. I had also gotten several headaches, and I do have one as of writing this. So everybody talking wasn't what I wanted. I was overwhelmed and wanted to go home. My grandparents took me and Noah home. During the drive, Noah wouldn't shut up. Here he was, spewing facts yet again at my poor grandmother. And there I was, plugging my ears because I couldn't stand it. The last thing I wanted was to hear people talking. I just wanted to hear the sounds of the car as it drove down the road. This dude did not shut up, which resulted in me trying my best to block out the noise. He then asked what I was doing. I replied that I wanted it to be quiet. Apparently Noah has no clue what that quiet means and continued to talk. This retard then asked why I wanted it to be quiet. I explained to him that I am not an extrovert and that I like it quiet and to be alone. You wanna know what he said? That I should start socializing more. Like that's going to work. He was saying that I need to get more social interaction and that it would be what would change me. My grandma even joined his side, saying that talking with people helped her become more social. I don't understand how he doesn't know that it's not as simple as just talking and socializing more that will suddenly make me a social and extroverted person who loves talking. It's literally my brain making me more introverted, not that I just am moody, which I am not. I can't just start interacting with people and suddenly become an extrovert. I was especially annoyed since I needed to recharge. All of these people talking had drained me, so I wanted to be alone and for it to be quiet. He STILL was talking. He didn't shut up until we got home. By that point, I just wanted to kill him for not being quiet for five seconds. He was just making it worse by talking. I just wish he understood that some people can't just talk more and suddenly not get drained when there are too many people. Why won't it click in his brain? I just wanted to talk about this. My brother being oblivious to how introverts work and not being quiet when I needed it. He's never understood why I don't want to listen to him repeat the same things over and over again. I am being direct and telling him that I don't want to hear his facts, but he just doesn't seem to be able to comprehend that. In fact, he just talks more. He is really stubborn and I hate it. I don't know how to deal with this. How is Noah so oblivious? Why can't he just understand that when I ask to be left alone or to be quiet that I want him to comply and be respectful? If anyone knows how to approach this in a way other than telling him to shut up and to leave me alone(it doesn't work), please tell me. Thank you for reading this. I know it was a little long. I just wanted to share this. Again, thank you.
