'Isolation And Loneliness In The Yellow Wallpaper'

Isolation, alone time, just some peace and quiet are things we say because we get tired of what is going on around us. Although being isolated from this world seems good, is it really? Isolation has been proven to affect the mental health of a person rather than help. Over the years knowledge and understanding of the mind has improved, years ago, doctors thought a good way to help someone was isolation. In the film “The Yellow Wallpaper”, the main character, Jane, suffers from a “nervous” disorder, her husband, who is a doctor, diagnosed her with. He isolates her into a room with yellow wallpaper that makes her hallucinate. She feels as if she is trapped in the wall and eventually is freed. Being isolated from the world can be seen as a self …show more content…
Can you get too much peace and quiet overtime? Giving yourself “alone time” or separating yourself from the world can lead to loneliness and depression. It is good to have a small portion of alone time, but over time it builds up causing a person to lower their self worth. In the article,”Isolation and Loneliness”, it is stated “When we start feeling isolated, we may have thoughts of not belonging or feeling rejected by others. What we overlook however, is that when we are alone we are often in company of our worst enemy, the one within ourselves.” Having too much alone time can build up a person’s thoughts of downgrading themselves. As humans, we should lift each other up, not bring each other down. Loneliness and depression can cause harm to a person. Thoughts build up over time making a person hate themselves, which can lead to many different things. In the article, “Depression in Women”, it says, “Clinical depression is a serious and pervasive mood disorder. It causes feeling of sadness, hopelessness, helplessness, and worthlessness.” Also it states it can lead to “thoughts of death or suicide, or suicide attempts.” Loneliness and depression are serious issues. No person should take their own life from what others say about them and especially their own