What are your ideas and thoughts about social isolation, solitude, and reclusion?

Some people do not enjoy crowds. Some people enjoy living a quiet life, and are not particularly social. There is nothing wrong with that.





Some enjoy living in remote places, enjoying nature. They are perfectly normal people who have jobs and families, but are not drawn to social functions.





Contrary to an opinion expressed by another poster, people who have dealt with the public (i.e.law enforcement officers, social workers) frequently retire to a quiet remote place not because they feel they are not good enough to be around others, it is because they have been overexposed to people, and have had enough.











One does not have to be a social butterfly to feel good about themselves.What are your ideas and thoughts about social isolation, solitude, and reclusion?
Personally, I enjoy solitude. There's freedom in it, freedom from others people's judgments and expectations. But I also think solitude should be used in moderation. The human brain is designed to be social, at least some of the time. It's important for reality testing.What are your ideas and thoughts about social isolation, solitude, and reclusion?
My opinion is that it should be in moderation. We all need alone time to reconnect with ourselves....but we also need a little balance in our lives. We need a sense of social connection too. Ofcourse there are always exceptions...and perhaps there are people who are perfectly fine being reclusive and they seem to be fine and comfortable. But, personall speaking, I'd always be worried for them.





I am an introvert and I am alone a lot of time and quite comfy too...but I get to a point where I HAVE to balance it off. Else I'll go crazy. it really gets me down after a certain point.
I think it is normal and natural for all human beings to crave solitude or alone time occasionally. It is also normal to sometimes be so overcome by stimulation and stress that the only way to cope is to isolate oneself for a time.





The stressful societies many of us now inhabit are bound to compel even more people to seek respite from the rat race by ';dropping out'; of life temporarily, if not permanently.





In Japan, there is a name given to this self-imposed isolation or reclusiveness. It is called, ';Hikikomori.'; Hikikomori might be described as an extreme example of voluntary withdrawal from society, usually due to an inability to endure the rigors of life, or a refusal to submit to the stresses of life and society.





Some people are reclusive because they are mentally ill (depression, phobias, fear, as well as other mental illnesses or disorders); others simply feel as though they do not need the companionship of other people in order to be happy nor do they care what others think of their decision to be non-social.
well i am certainly no social butterfly.isolation is unhealthy and a sign of mental illness on the other hand solitude is something i value and enjoy.I'm the type that likes to be alone so i can rejuvenate and clear my mind.A person that lives in seclusion appreciates their privacy.I'm a private person i don't talk much about myself usually.I would love to live somewhere that the nearest neighbor is like 5 to 10 miles away.
When people do not value themselves as human beings, they isolate from society because they do not believe they are good enough to be a part of that society. A lot of times this stems from some kind of abuse which makes people believe that they are no good.