Do you prefer to see friends one-on-one rather than in a group?
Are you more of an observer than an active participant?
Perhaps you prefer to stand out, rather than fit in.
You're possibly an "otrovert", according to Rami Kaminski, an American psychiatrist who coined the term after recognising the personality type in his patients — and himself.
He says otroverts are "outsiders treated like insiders", welcomed into groups even though they don't feel like they fit in.
Unlike extroverts or introverts, Dr Kaminski says otroverts do not retreat inward or look outward to be energised.
"Introverts are shy and reclusive, mainly preoccupied with their inner world," he wrote for the Australian Financial Review.
"Otroverts are acutely aware of other people and cannot find refuge inside themselves when surrounded by others. If anything, they are too attuned to the world around them."
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