Does loneliness kill???

Some say its a great opportunity to be alone, it gives you the time to think, do a bit of soul searching and maybe decide a few things for yourself... But doesn't loneliness ever kill..??.Doesn't it kill your very existence??...Are we actually alive because of our family, friends and our social circle..??

Well this question has been in my mind for a few days, an unanswered question burning within...
Well a week to my self gave me the opportunity to try answering them...


Loneliness can kill you day by day, inch by inch..but then a point of time comes that you become so accustomed to the silence, the deadly silence..that it becomes rather odd to hear a human voice again.
I'm reminded of a story that i had read a while back "The Bet", about a young man who decided to live a solitary life just in order to win a bet, and that to not for a week but for 15years, while reading the story then, it did leave  me with a lot of questions definitely unanswered, and the same questions are repeating itself today but in a very different context, do we actually need  friends , family or a social life to survive?? does our very existence revolve around them??


The funny part is I haven't been able to find answers to these questions...I think its best to say that some questions are better left unanswered.......