Blocking Leads to Depression and Isolation

✍️By Oralia Acosta | WBN News | 29 Aug 2025 | Click HERE for your FREE Subscription to WBN News and/or to be a Contributor.

Blocking people may feel empowering in the moment, but over time, it often leads to something darker: isolation. And isolation is fertile ground for depression.

Humans are wired for connection. Our brains release oxytocin, dopamine, and serotonin when we bond with others. Cut off that connection too often, and your nervous system suffers. The very “safety” you thought you gained becomes loneliness.

In business, isolation is even more dangerous. Entrepreneurship can already feel lonely. If you add a habit of blocking and unfriending instead of resolving conflicts, your network shrinks. Ideas stagnate. Support dries up. And depression creeps in.

Here’s the shift: instead of blocking, try setting boundaries. Instead of unfriending, practice empathy. Conflict doesn’t have to mean closeness — but it doesn’t have to mean exile either.

Leaders who model healthy connection create cultures of trust. They demonstrate that challenges can be resolved without cutting ties. This mindset fuels growth and protects against the silent epidemic of depression in business circles.

Blocking creates walls. Connection builds bridges. If you want resilience, success, and joy, choose bridges every time.

This is a lesson I am experiencing right now – and I can write that although not easy, it is freeing, empowering, and feels right, and loving!

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