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Loner

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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Neighbours describe bomb suspect as devout loner". The Times. 26 July 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2018.(subscription required)
  2. ↑ "Review of Losers, Loners, and Rebels". Foreword Reviews. 8 August 2007. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Loners Vs. Loneliness". The New York Sun. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Berry, John (1997). Handbook of Cross-cultural Psychology: Social behavior and applications. p. 468.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Svoboda, Elizabeth (March–April 2007). "Field Guide to the Loner: The Real Insiders". Psychology Today Magazine.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hojat, Mohammadreza (May 1983). "Comparison of transitory and chronic loners on selected personality variables". British Journal of Psychology. 74 (2): 199–203. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8295.1983.tb01855.x. PMID 6883012.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Taylor, Graeme J. "Alexithymia: concept, measurement, and implications for treatment." The American Journal of Psychiatry (1984).

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