Why does seclusion and isolation from people make a person breakdown mentally?
If you are talking total seclusion and isolation from people as in completely separated it doesn’t necessarily make a person breakdown mentally. The hermits of Tibet would purposely be bricked up in the dark in a small area the size of a dunny for 30 days or more just to learn a particular meditation practise. The only contact they would know of would be the person who brought them fresh water every day through a hole in the wall. There would be no exchange of conversation. Sometimes it is what the person thinks about during times of isolation that determines if they have a mental breakdown I think. It is rare for an adult to have total seclusion and isolation from people. Most people will have the opportunity to talk to a stranger or walk out in a crowd, so there is no need to be totally secluded and isolated. Even if treking up the Amazon where people are few and far between, the mind would be focusing on survival and a person on their own may go a bit loopy – but I think it would be
