Is it bad to isolate?

Hi there,
I've been having a rough time recently and the only way I've been able to deal is by isolating. I haven't even wanted to post on the forum recently because interaction with others is just so stressful and at times triggering right now. As a result I've started pushing away a lot of my closest friends and don't really want to interact very much with them anymore. My question is whether this is necessarily a bad thing. I feel like maybe I just need space right now and the people around me aren't able to give me what I need. I know I've been doing a lot better since I started putting distance between myself and others. My moods have stabilized slightly, I've been more productive, and my anxiety has diminished significantly. They just always say that isolation is terrible and I'm wondering if I'm missing something here.

You definitely need me and lily around you. So don't leave us. I think isolating has the potential to be bad, when it consumes your life and you kind of drop out all together.

I don't think there is anything wrong with just taking a break from life or here when it's overwhelming and you just need to recharge.

I started a project for kids back in March and it's finally coming to fruition. It was way more involved than I realized at the time, and knowing what I know now I wouldn't have done it. I couldn't back out because I didn't want to let the kids down. Anyways, there were a lot of weekends I had to turn my phone off, not look at emails, or visit ANY forum. Forums annoyed me because they were still thoughts of people and I didn't want to hear/see it. I stayed away from Forums for probably a good 6 weeks or so, because I wasn't interested in reading anything people had to say.

So, isolating as long as it's only temporary is not a bad thing...

Hope to see you soon!

It depends on how you define isolating..


Taking time for yourself is fine..I call that solitude..That can be ok especially if youre prone to be introverted. But if its consuming your life and making you unhappy, then thats a problem


Nurture yourself and then come back! We miss you!~