Is There a Psychological Driver in Cutting Yourself Off?

The world did just fine in my absence. I actually wasn't as indispensable as i thought i was. We get a sense of meening and usefulness out of consciently being involved in interaction. It's very difficult for us psychologically to know there's an email waiting that we're not answering. And so i think those three different factors are all intertwining to get us to this place where we find ourselves just constantly sending messages, rather than thinking hard thoughts or producing new things.