You should know by now that I don’t complain. That my goal is to give people in a position like mines advice. So with that said my advice for being a quiet guy at work is:
1)show self awareness and let them know why one is quiet. For me it’s because I go blank. Extroverts get stimulate from conversations that introverts simply don’t. I seriously advise one not to give a scientific response to ones quietness like this. Other wise everything I say around others is offensive, corny ,boring and/or awkward.
2) consider yourself able to do no wrong and be yourself. Voice your opinions and emotions enough to let them see who you are for themselves.
3) after successfully doing number 2 go back to being quiet as now they’ll realize why you are quiet and will not assume it’s because you hate them.
I swear this worked for me.