Roswell New Mexico and Alienation as a Coping Mechanism
The moral case for using alienation to take the time to know what you want.
People don't like to feel alienated.
They do everything they can to avoid being cut off from friends and family members in whatever way is possible. Sometimes going to extreme lengths, accepting all kinds of pain and abuse in the process just to avoid what they see as worse treatment. It's safe to say that alienation is in some ways a much more terrible fate. Isolation is even used as a punishment for criminals who, even though they've been locked away with criminals to keep them away from the general law abiding public, will be further isolated in what's known as solitary confinement. Living completely cut off from the world is something so horrific that even criminals will hate to be put in.
However, this doesn't mean that in all scenarios isolation isn't some times a good thing. People often talk about needing time to themselves when going through a painful experience. There's a healing power in being away from others. It allows people the time and space to listen to their own thoughts about whatever has caused them such pain. When you're living with such a struggle, others will try to offer their opinions on what is best in the scenario they're in. Giving you advice on the things they need to do in order to get back on their feet. So much so that you might not be able to know what you think. It's all tied up in other people that you can't think for yourself. Which is part of what makes being isolated something it helps you with.
So long as you don't go too far with it, this can be really great for people. After all, anything taken to the extreme can be a real problem. When you are too isolated, you can alienate those who seek to help you. Cut yourself off from the world in ways that are incredibly unhealthy. To the point that when you might really need some serious help, whether it's because of a health issue or when you lose a job or housing and are desperate for someone to come along and give you what you need, it can go wrong. Or at least prevent others from introducing you to someone who can get you the things you are in need of.
Roswell New Mexico is very much about what happens when you alienate yourself from other people. Through characters like Max, Isabel and Michael as played by Nathan Dean Parsons, Lily Cowels and Michael Vlamis respectively, we see the way in which they've cut themselves off from the world. Obviously they have good reasons for what they're doing, being actual aliens and all, but it also has painful consequences. They can never really get close to anyone except each other in any serious way. Not without revealing the secrets which they're trying so hard to keep from those around them. In large part out of fear for how it might hurt them. It gives them powerful insight into themselves and to some extent other people, but it also leads to a profoundly lonely life. One which very few people would actually want if they could avoid it.
Still, it's important to understand the process of alienation, both in its benefits and drawbacks so that you can avoid going down the wrong path.
Take the time you need to explore the way alienation helps you cope by checking out Roswell New Mexico when you can.
Watch Roswell New Mexico on Netflix in the United States and Amazon.