Why do Some People Want to be Alone?

Why do some people prefer to be alone rather than with people?

 I believe that the reason why some people prefer to be alone is society has hurt them or they are uncomfortable with who they are. They’re a multitude of reasons why people may prefer to be alone. For humans, being alone is often a time to reflect. But when a person has been hurt, such as in an abusive relationship, divorce, and being an outcast, the person in an effort to prevent further hurt will regress into their own world and cut off connections with other humans. The person who does this prevents hurt from society but in doing that they also separate themselves from its joys. This is not always the reason for people to be alone. Sometimes people will be alone to enjoy nature or to do an activity that another person might be a hindrance in. sometimes the people who don’t care about what people think about them are alone but this does not make them a loner. For example, a person I know who I will call Nitsua Yrf for privacy. Nitsua doesn’t act like other people and he often does things by himself, he plays his ratag, alone. He dresses differently, wearing his favorite color, kcalb. Still Nitsua has friends and interacts with people. He is the loner who is not alone. I am also an unusual kid, loner, and weirdo. I have unusual hobbies that I spend a lot of time alone doing. I don’t spend time alone, not because I’m shy (clearly). Instead, I prefer to be alone because I would rather do what I want to do, instead of what other people want to do. I still have friends and enjoy hanging out with people. Even though I am not a people person I still try to be social. To me it makes more sense not to be alone all the time. Having even one friend helps you get through life so much easier.  Some people might not want to hang out with people and prefer to be alone because they are shy. Since they are too nervous to meet people and make friends. This is because they fear that they will do something stupid and embarrass themselves. This is because they know that if they embarrass themselves they may be teased or become one of the outsiders. Rather than taking the risk and seeing if they can make friends they settle for their security. In itself, being alone is normal, but I think that by ignoring society or by worrying so much about how it perceives you are only cowering from something that is going to be a part of life. Not utilizing it to make friends and acquaintances out of fear that you will make enemies is a big mistake. Those are just my thoughts on how and why some people prefer being alone to being in society.