Back for a trial period. Almost five months of isolating is helping. I'm not being used by anyone. My stress level is down from not having to deal with the insane lack of respect, compassion, and the level of selfishness so many people show now.

I've had some tell me isolating only causes loneliness and other things. It's no different than what I had before, except for the positive being no one is crushing my heart into tiny pieces and stomping on it.