I don't have much to add except "yeah, I feel ya"

The last five years I've been more isolated and have also, unsurprisingly, been dealing with more issues because of it. For me it was a combination of people moving away and scattering, and myself not putting in enough work to keep in touch with everyone or meet new people.

At the risk of sounding like an old grouchy man yelling about "kids these days" I also have worried if there's some growing tendency to cut people loose too soon. But I'm also not a young person anymore so I can't really speak for them in any authentic way. And I don't want to come across as saying there aren't situations where you should remove actual toxic people and dangerous people. But I do notice, online, more of that tendency. As well as a more self-centered approach to mental health. And as someone already trying hard to not spiral further into self isolation, it hurts to see.