The ultimate question, "can a single human live a successful life without contact to another human being?" Imagine a world where everyone but you is gone. You know of people, but you do not know where anyone is. You still have resources to maintain nourishment and health, but no one is around.
You just woke up one day and everyone was gone. You are the only one around. You try texting or calling the people you were close to, but they do not answer or it goes to voicemail. So, you keep trying with no luck. You walk around the city for hours trying to find signs of other people, and it is nothing but desertion.
By now, you're probably scared. You yell out for others but no one can hear you. It is only you and your conscious. You sit down on the curb of the street, beat down and heartbroken. What has happened to the people? The ones you cared about, the ones you would do anything for, and the ones you were scared to lose? Where did everyone go? Did they die or did they move to a different state?
No one is there and you are scared. You are beyond scared; you are traumatized. You are hurt. Until one day, someone you don't even know comes along. But, because of your ways they are gone out of your life just as quickly as they came in. Is this a punishment from some greater being? What is happening?
You're scared all over again and become depressed. You find yourself not doing the things you used to love and neglecting yourself more and more. You've had thoughts and visions that maybe you'd be better off away from the world because all you want is a new start. But, you're scared to do it. You couldn't. You would not be able to handle the amount of emotion surrounding the ones you cared about because of your actions.
No one really could understand you. You would try telling them things about your past, but they just told you to get over it. They did not understand how much it would eat at your life and cause you to become the person you are. But, to you, all you did was care about others, and they still went away.
Can you survive without the presence of others? Can you be happy with no one around? Can you isolate yourself from others and still be sane? It is irrational to think you can.
There's going to be time in life where it feels like everyone just "falls off the face of the planet." It is going to hurt you, it is going to make you go through emotions that you never knew you could feel. It is going to put you into a spiral. But, sometimes it is because of your own actions that push people away. When you say you don't care about someone, imagine the impact you just created. It hurts. Always be true to the ones you care about and yourself.
