Say you have been in an emotional funk for a month or more...and have stopped connecting with people. You might be too embarrassed or too lethargic to restart the connections.
Three things:
1) You need people.
2) People need you.
3) Note that there’d be no shame if you had the flu for a month and stayed away from people. You would show up again. Emotional flu is no less powerful and need not be embarrassing.