Lengthy isolation durations

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I don't mean short term break times or everyday cooldowns.

I mean cooldowns that lasts for years straight. And why?
Also, is it still on going? Or was it over?


Mine was when I was 13, which was the worst point of my life, due to overwhelming anxiety, then went to depression. Though I never got diagnosed by either, the signs were there: the fear over people, that suicidal thoughts, and my senses turn up to 11. I lost interest in learning, I lost motivation of doing anything at all.
So I stopped going to school, I stopped going out of the house. I barely talked, and stuck in the internet life...

Took me 2 years before deciding to get out and deal the crap out of the world. And that was about 5 years ago.


I'm just curious. I've seen a few who got stuck, and still stuck for years. I also wonder how many of those who never went through with this, and why?

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I'm having a hard time understanding this thread.

You isolated in your home for two years, from 13 to 15, and never went out?

Did you have enough food saved up for two years so you didn't have to go out?

Did you somehow buy food off the internet even though, at 13, you probably didn't have a debit card?

How did you manage to keep the lights on if you didn't go out to work to make money for the bills?

Where were your parents and other family members all this time?

I would spend about 8 hours a day practicing music from 12-18. Self imposed but it calmed me. I lived with family so I couldn't say I felt isolation.

Worst time was in my early 30s.

Weeks without talking to someone. Isolation is an insidious thing. The more isolated you are, the more you feel like not being around people as you are aware the isolation has taken a toll.

I would medicate with opiate based pharmaceuticals and take more of the meds I was already taking. That didn't really yield much in the long term but I suppose it probably helped when things felt dire. I was caught forging scripts and had I been living in the USA, spent up to 5 years in prison. So don't try that.

I feel it gets worse with age. A strange thing. I know people like me. I want to be around others. There is this barrier I just can't overcome.