Minhsan Trinh
Mrs. Gomes
Inquiry Period 4
May 12 2025
Context-
Ramsey, Lily. “Lonely people process the world differently, study finds.” News-Medical.net, 28 June 2023
The article is about the study between lonely people and more social people in society. Using brainscans studies show that the brain patterns are dicated by how much world expirence they have and so loners have less of it while more social people have more. It also showed how many loners were different from each other way more than similar with each other.
Cohen, Arianne. “Princeton researchers discover how loners and introverts will save society.”
This article indroduces itself to say that loners aren't the ones in the wrong but heros among society. It further goes into how a loner may survive longer and is better off being independent than relying on others.
Fisher, Max. “Terrorist or Disturbed Loner? The Contentious Politics of a Label.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/world/europe/politics-terrorist-label.html
The article explains about a terrorist attack that has happened and brings in the topic of loners as someone who might do this stunt. Not all loners have malicious thoughts in their head, but can developed if people keep treating loners the way they are now.
Bhandari, Smitha. “Signs of a Loner: What to Look For.” WebMD, 17 September 2024
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/signs-loner
This is an article that tells of signs that could indicate who a Loner is and how to prevent it. Explains that there isn't only one type of loner and that there are many such as being alone by choice or being alone by force. This can change how that person reacts to others and their actions.
Gehrman, Elizabeth. “Alone in the Crowd.”
https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/alone-crowd
The article "Alone in the Crowd" introduces itself when it tells how many famous people were loners in their early ages but condricts it when introducing the topic of diseases and mental strain a person can develop when being alone.
Yanguas, Javier. The complexity of loneliness - PMC
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6179015/
The article states that loneliness is a global human problem that is not good for the benefit of society at all and is a huge problem for the adult population. It futher lists conditions or diseases that may be contracted when you are lonely for too long.
“Why being a loner may be good for your health.” BBC, 28 February 2018
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180228-there-are-benefits-to-being-antisocial-or-a-loner
This article explains how being a loner may actually be good for someone's health. It explains the health benefits of being alone or more independent from other people.
Voices-
“Loners are misunderstood, beautiful souls. | by bluesapphire | Age of Empathy.” Medium, 21 June 2023
https://medium.com/age-of-empathy/loners-are-misunderstood-beautiful-souls-5aed715ecce6
User bluesapphire steps into the shoes of a loner as an adult and shares what it was like for them and slowly embraces how it was like to be one
Barton, Jeff. “Embrace Being a Loner. It is much better to be alone than to… | by Jeff Barton.” Medium, 3 October 2021
https://medium.com/@jeffthewriter/embrace-being-a-loner-bfd2a25347b1
Jeff Barton tells of how its life being a loner from his point of view and explains why being a loner or lonely isn't such a horrible thing as people say it is.
Quillon, Pernell. Loners and outcasts reveal their lives after graduation.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/pernellquilon/school-loners-where-they-are-now
A forum that askes loners online how their loner life transfered over to the future and how that life style improved their life as a whole.
Quora. “How is the life of a Loner?” How is life of a Loner?
https://www.quora.com/How-is-life-of-a-Loner
A question answer forum that has many voices of loners that share what their expirence as a loner was and what that did for them.