Essay On Social Isolationism

Social isolationism is a state of near or total lack of contact between and individual and society. staying home for an indefinite period of time due to lack of access to social situations rather than a desire to be alone; both not contacting, and not being contacted by, any acquaintances, even peripherally; for example, never being called by anybody on the telephone and never having anyone visit one's residence; a lack of meaningful, extended relationships, and especially close intimacy (both emotional and physical). In essence, "a state in which the individual lacks a sense of belonging socially, lacks engagement with others, has a minimal number of social contacts and they are deficient in fulfilling and quality relationships" (Nicholson,

There are multiple factors that play into this problem. Some of them come naturally like in Reginald’s case. His spouse died which naturally made him feel lonely and probably depressed. Then his kids moved out of the house and he found himself living alone which only amplified his loneliness. On top of all that, Reginald is aging and, as we all know, with age comes disability. Reginald simply doesn’t have the physical ability to leave his house. Those are but a few specific examples in Reginald’s life but we can find even more in his son Timothy’s

We either find ourselves being jealous of others, or we find ourselves rejoicing because we aren’t someone else, both of which are dangerous to one’s psyche. When we compare ourselves, we think of what this other person has and what we do not. This can lead one to isolate themselves because they don’t think they can ever have a life like that, so why bother. Perhaps the biggest factor that comes into play in respect to social media is the false sense of comradery, in other words, “More friends on social doesn’t mean you’re more social.” In fact, you become less social the more virtual “friends” you have. In a study done by R. I. M. Dunbar, he found that the human brain can only have so many friends and in order to maintain those friendships, we have to socialize physically, not virtually. Furthermore, human beings need physical social connections to maintain a healthy psychological state, and when we are face down in our phones, then social interaction greatly