@verusantigravitus I think I understand why you have decided to self-isolate. People self-isolate for all sorts of reasons and while it is laudable that you’ve made that decision to protect others I wonder how this will affect you. I have read cautions against self-isolation because social interaction is good for physical health (think of the brain), and mental health. If you like your alone time to work on yourself, exercise, meditate or just like the quiet, then, that is something else altogether. But to avoid relationships which run the spectrum from saying hello to someone in the gym to talking with others in a social situation to an intimate relationship - well, I hope you get my point.

I am wishing you positive energy and all the best in your efforts to protect others from the perceived aspects of your personality that affect others. That, in itself, is an insightful perception.

Do you have a psychotherapist you can discuss this with?