Seclusion from society is a great way to find yourself or think of ways to deal with your problems. I don't remember exactly what it was called, but we read a story last year dealing with this theme. It was about a perfect place where you could go when you were stressed out. Not having to deal with other people can leave you alone to think about bettering your own self. This doesn't have to be as extreme as like, say, a one person pilgrimage through a desert or living in the woods for a week or anything like that. It can just be, well, in my case, a quick drive. Crank some tunes. Relax. Think. Just a quick event like this can change my mood easily, hopefully for the better. Just because you go by yourself for a bit doesn't mean that you're antisocial or anything. Everybody needs their own space at some point in time.
Don't get me wrong, friends are great and can ALSO help you through tough times. Sometimes, though, we need to do things on things on our own. It's up to the individual in need of help to decide the true source of the help.
One funny reference to such a seclusion would be the episode "Survivorman" of the NBC Television series "The Office." Michael Scott (Steve Carell) decides that he needs to become in touch with nature after watch the show of which the episode is named after on the Discovery Channel. Thus, Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) takes Michael into a secluded spot in the Pennsylvania wilderness where he will stay for a week documenting all of his ordeals through a camcorder. Michael is a total failure. After about two hours he is hungry. He just wants to go home. However, I still feel that it had some impact on his life. Some very, very , very miniscule impact, yet an impact nonetheless. I don't know. I just thought I'd throw that out there.
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