I hear you. I have done the same for a couple of months at a time, and the interesting thing was that it happened spontaneously - it wasn't a conscious decision

I hear you. I have done the same for a couple of months at a time, and the interesting thing was that it happened spontaneously - it wasn't a conscious decision. I do think that isolation partly exists within a person's mind, as I have felt isolated when surrounded by a roomful of people. It's a part of our condition, a challenge that we must deal with successfully in order to hack on . . .