What is real, however, is the preference and need for solitude that’s not construed as loneliness. There are people who function better alone with a razor-sharp focus, eliminating every distraction. And there are folks who should be on their own, at least for a while, to grow and improve as human beings. In Season 6’s Lockdown, House admits to a dying patient that he likes to be alone. The way he says it implies that what he’s talking about is a sort of social stigma. He looks vulnerable and ashamed to share this because he thinks the average person wouldn’t understand it.