ok this one, i know nobody is going to be able to tell me if this is or is not si. but i'm curious to hear if anyone has something to say about it.

i've been really depressed and i'm struggling a lot lately, and i've noticed that i'm isolating BIG time from people (mostly 3d, not as much isolating on here). i was thinking about it today, and i'm wondering if i'm doing this as a form of hurting myself. i really think i might be. i think there is more to it than that (a LOT more to it), but i wonder if i'm intentionally making things worse for myself. i guess it wouldn't be self-INJURY per se, but maybe self-sabotage.

i'm sure a lot of people, in this particular forum especially, isolate sometimes. seems to kinda go along with si a lot, i think. what are the reasons that you guys isolate? and does anyone think it's sometimes another way of hurting yourself more?

comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable