The Demonization of Loners

I’m a natural loner, and I’m not ashamed of this despite our society’s demonization of loners. No, I don’t have a personality disorder (contrary to a gaslighter’s claims). No, I’m not a serial killer (contrary to hopefully nobody’s claims). In fact, violence is against my nature… despite any fantasies about feeding misogynists to dragons.

In high school, I once played a game with a couple of classmates that involved questions such as: Are you a leader or a follower? I felt confused and didn’t know what to answer because I’m neither. The card only supplied two choices, and neither was correct.

Since I’m a natural loner, it’s fortunate that I’m an introvert. Since I’m an empath, I can be exhausted by other people’s energy and moods, which might explain why I’m an introvert. I wonder if it’s possible for an extrovert to be a loner. It seems like it would be awfully frustrating.

I’m not ashamed of being a natural introvert despite society’s demonization of introverts… and despite a (now deceased) narcissistic sociopath aunt ludicrously saying, “Natural introverts don’t exist.” I felt too shocked to wave my arms around and say, “Helllooo! I’m right here in front of you!” (Technically, I was right behind her, and we were about to go out a door. She couldn’t see the baffled look on my face.) Just because she was prejudiced against introverts doesn’t…