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>loss of self-esteem - even if other aspects of life are going fine
>loss of all your friends, collapse of social support network.
humans are social creatures - even the most schizoid or social recluse will start to deteriorate without social interaction even if they tell you differently
>depression, dysthymia
>anhedonia
soon stuff like escape vectors like vidya, and other distractions stop working
>inability to relate to others at all due increasing avoidance
>decrease of social skills
especially when coupled with avoidance patterns
>avoidance patterns
possibly what led to the situation in the first place grow worse as depression/etc gets worse. you do it to avoid awkwardness and pity. it soon gets worse and worse. it may go in long phases that get longer and longer, until eventually it never loops back and you are truly alone
>general stagnation of the self
>feelings that something must be completely off with you to have led to your situation
you usually cannot identify the issue is, and if you are analytical at all you begin to realize your own mind and introspection is part of the issue that you cannot fix.
>analysis paralysis
>rumination and introspective loops that never end
the avoidance/withdrawal cements that no new data is available to analyze. your comfort zone shrinks. you never challenge yourself or grow. the increasing hyper-vigilance and awkwardness skews the data you get anyway, as you become so attuned to possible rejection or negative perception that your social interactions are more awkward than they used to be
>total loss of hope and just kind of stuck in neutral

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