It’s from personal experience, experience of others, from my passive interest in psychology and neuroscience, and from general common sense.

If you want to take life advice from a hooky quote probably made up by a 17 year old on Reddit, go ahead.

Yeh I agree, this post is awful advice. People will believe anything these days if it sounds catchy and presented in the right way.

This is terrible advice.

Social interaction is a healthy and super important part of life - without it you're a lot more likely to develop mental health problems like depression.

You don't need to "disappear" to work on yourself. You can do it while also catching up with friends once or twice a week. It won't stunt your progress. In fact, it will probably make it easier because you'll feel more refreshed and less god damn miserable.