Loner
person lacking or avoiding the company of others From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A loner refers to someone avoiding or having difficulty keeping interpersonal relationships.
Causes
Psychiatrists have proposed several reasons for someone being a loner, including but not limited to religion, introversion and spirituality.[1][2]
Features
Loners reportedly act in the following ways:[3]
It is said that not all loners are the same.[4] Some loners reportedly feel lonely when they have spent too much time alone,[4] possibly due to racism, classism or ableism.[4] Some reportedly never feel lonely,[4] while some enjoy being alone only when doing their work.[4]
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Stereotypes
Loners are often equated with introverts and seen negatively.[5][6] The overlap of loner's features with symptoms of some mental disorders reinforces bias against loners.[5][6] Some loners are said to be suffering from alexithymia (poor ability to identify and describe emotions),[7]or social anxiety, borderline personality disorder (BPD), avoidant personality disorder (APD), depression, autism, schizoid personality disorder alike.[7] Loners may have multiple of such disorders at the same time.[7]
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