Your title got me like, "Yea, Sure, lets do this", and I wasn't disappointed. Isolation does lead to suicide overtime and I quite agree with you on this that they (isolated people) often..

> will tend to be easily offended because they have a low tolerance for criticism and frustration as a result of not having any experience of how social interactions are.

It is time we begin to reach out to all our loved ones, at least we don't if we'll be stopping a suicidal thought by this action, but we just might.

Wow! I love your article. I'd say one important thing to ponder is for that person to have people around who will continue to support, encourage and enlighten. Just being there for the person really is a great help. :-)

Wow this is really lovely and well written article! I often wonder if so many of these psychological disorders have arisen from the way civilization has evolved of late. Stuff like this is unheard of in communities where there is greater emphasis on supporting each other. Just look at the native Amazonian tribes or the Maasi people.

I used to be a ‘victim’ of this(maybe I still am, but not entirely anymore)

What should I do?

Damn.. Yes this is a serious problem especially in the United States where society is so built around isolation. People can live completely lonely lives with no interactions at all.. even perfectly socially healthy people. For example moving to a small, suburban sprawl type town. If people don't take the step of say.. joining groups or taking classes.. it's just work, home, shopping, repeat... Pretty sad. For folks with poor social skills this is even tougher. The vicious cycle is very true as well, with each rejection or choice to isolate the views become reinforced until they consume the individual. Thanks for bringing some light to this very important subject

This is a really great article, as always you show an incredible amount of 'dedication' to your posts 😂. 

At the time that I write this comment the post is at $13.37, back when I was 15 that meant LEET or elite (in a computer game called CounterStrike), kinda makes me think about the people I was playing computer games with and how socially isolated we were. Somehow the virtual world provided some way to interact, although not a very life affirming way. 

I also wanted to let you know that I have 'radically appropriated' the basic design for your divider, and have used my graphic design skills to make something similar :3

I really didn't think too much about this at first. My initial thought is that each of us are fighting our own battles, and I believe that somehow those who seemed struggling now can find their own way out someday, they just need to snap out of the drama.

Until, my sister told me that she's been struggling with some kind of depression. It was tough, and honestly I don't understand or know a lot about these things, or worse how to handle such things. But at least, I was beginning to look at it in a much clearer perspective and will no longer downplay any signs of depression knowing that externally people may seemed great but within themselves, and their own minds, they are fighting a war.

Thanks for this detailed info @dedicatedguy. Cheers!