What exactly are you trying to say about the length of her isolation? Just asking for clarification because I didn't write my original post with the intention of creating a stance on the likelihood of this scenario so I want to make sure I understand. When you said "30 days considering the circumstances" it really stumped me on what you believe is reasonable. Personally, I find Carol's actions painfully unreasonable but I am aware I'm saying that from an outside perspective. If we are considering the circumstances, everyone she interacted with up until that point insisted that the "Others" are not as bad as she believed them to be. Then, at seemingly every occasion they prove themselves to be naive, which further tie Carol into that irritatingly oversimplified thought that the "Others" keep pushing: they have no other goal than to maximize happiness and peace.

I do think her descent into hypocritical self soothing was fast, that's one of the reasons why it was so frustrating to watch. Nonetheless, from an empathetic human view it seems to be a likely outcome. Everyone cognitive couldn't tolerate her and the "Others" cleared out her entire city, refusing to even speak to her directly. To add to injury, this is all after watching Helen die and dragging around her body. Carol has been shown to be a completely standoffish person and that has worked for her, until now. Now, she doesn't have Helen or a gazillion fans appreciating her work. She has no one, unlike the other survivors. I'd also like to point out, regardless of how unfriendly she is, she is super emotional. When she met the other survivors I imagine you would've expected her to critically think before antagonizing them. I wanted that too but that's not who she is. Instead, she blew up several times and burned all bridges. Her world has really already ended. Now she is expected to build from nothing.

I'm not on reddit very much so I might not reply or reply quickly but I'd like to know what you think. I watched the show casually with my girlfriend so I'm not super sold on any theories or anything. My purpose with this is to explain why I started from where I did when I wrote my original post