Another reason isolation helps to find ourselves: we don't have our friends and family around encouraging us and expecting us to be who we've always been for them. We can get out of some of our obligatory roles.
i follow ya. on more than one count. but especially on the solitary thing. mine is more involuntary though. its very rare that i can connect with a person. first of all, because im an obnoxious goofy looking bastard. but aside from that its just rare that i relate to anyone. so i usually find myself alone. and after 25 years ive gotten so used to it, that being around people is often an uncomfortable experience for me. theres only a few people i really identify with and even then i really only feel comfortable in one on one settings with them.
Its always an odd feeling when you realize, simultaneously, that you are both happier and more at peace then usual, and that you also must appear unstable and belligerant to others.
