Can humans technically go insane from isolation? Is there a biological need to interact with other human beings?

Can humans technically go insane from isolation? Is there a biological need to interact with other human beings?

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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Thomas_Knight
theguardian.com/news/2017/mar/15/stranger-in-the-woods-christopher-knight-hermit-maine
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Is it really "human" anymore if it doesn't interact with anybody?

Yes..

Not really, no. Insofar as psychosis is a real thing I'm pretty sure psychiatriats today want it defined in terms of physical problems with the brain, so isolation at worst would just be able to agitate a preexisting propensity for psychosis in the same way psychedelic drugs could.

Define isolation.

Sensory deprivation can drive you over the edge in hours or days.
Simply being alone? One Japanese soldier held out 30 years after the WW2 ended.
>cnn.com/2014/01/17/world/asia/japan-philippines-ww2-soldier-dies/index.html
I guess he was still sane. But he had comrades most of the time and only gave in after he became the sole survivor. The flew in his former commanding officer to reassure him the war really was over and he was relieved of duty.

something tells me that you don't know wtf you're talking about. "Insane" is general-use, prejorative word which need not be limited to psychosis.

>You can use insane to mean not literally insane
Wow, great insight, good job.

bbc.com/future/story/20140514-how-extreme-isolation-warps-minds

>He kept his sanity during 10 years of solitary confinement by taking refuge in a world of abstractions, making up mathematical problems which he then tried to solve.
So as long as you're not a normie you'll be fine.

You won't be aware that you're functioning anti socially, because you never got any feedback, and so to others you would appear insane.

pmuch this, np to find social gratification in an appropriately powerful imagination

Now I am really satisfied that you really don't know what you're talking about, as you hold the two items coterminous for your argument.

of course not, thats why all school shooters are perfect normies and chads

Yes, Semen.

Depends on whether your matrix has dissolved yet.

Yes, but not all. There's also a great amount of mental drift involved, which can look insane, but isn't. You are more apt to get the latter than the former. The latter can be seen in persons who isolate themselves online and can't function very well during in-person social events yet were able to do so when they were younger. Just because you "talk" to people online, if you don't get regular face-to-face interaction with real people, you lose a great deal.

See en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Thomas_Knight

>27 years no human contact no human interaction save for 1 encounter with a hiker
>still as mentally fit and sane and rational as he was when he last was in society after they arrested him
>apologized for stealing to survive to those he stole from
>read tons and tons of books, absorbed himself in books
>survived all on his own in his own quiet little corner of the world for 27 years

This shows that clearly you can survive isolation from other humans for long periods and still be mentally sound. I think its because he was an introvert and introverts dont feel the need to be around people, and because there are very few introverts of his caliber in society that we are aware of then we have this perception that its not possible but once again his example shows it is, its just that very few can probably do it. Think about it from an introverts point of view, its just you alone with no one to bother you, and all the books and reading material you brought with you and managed to acquire later, it sounds like bliss if you don't need to and prefer not to engage with other humans which this guy clearly didn't.

The sad thing is after they caught him he's been miserable and depressed, he was literally happier living outside of society than within it, and because thats so rare we think he must be mental and insane but he was again found to be of sound mind, and high IQ. The man just wanted to be alone with his books, if he didnt need to steal to survive he would probably still be living his comfy hermit life.

>normies
Normalfag, please go away

>Many have expressed admiration for Knight's outdoor survival skills, especially in the harsh Maine winters. Some also expressed doubt, believing instead that Knight broke into and took refuge in vacant cabins.[3]
This guy was amazing at what he does. How did he not get caught for 27 years? How did he even survive that long?
That's a lot of burglaries.

Entirely book smarts, he didn't need street smarts because he didn't need to be around people.

Considering his case and the case of Japanese holdouts after WWII I think it shows long term isolation is not a problem so long as there is sufficient stimulation and motivation from other sources - for Knight it was survival and reading books, for IJN holdouts it was their unshakeable loyalty to the Emperor and the Nation and their unit and its Commander.

For further reading theguardian.com/news/2017/mar/15/stranger-in-the-woods-christopher-knight-hermit-maine

This essentially answers OPs question, I think there are degrees of tolerance for solitude and some of us have high tolerances for solitude and even prefer it when they can.

If monkeys are any indication...

Then, yeah, we need to interact with others.

(otherwise we'll just tear each other apart)

Absolutely. We are social creatures. If you isolate yourself completely, odds are that you'll kill yourself sooner than later.