Despite the fact that there are people who simply do not want to communicate with others, there are those who do not think or know that it exists institutions to which they can turn. help. In the novel Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, each character sees the world with a different perception of what life should be like, often a distorted perception, and their neurosis is caused by the isolation of the small town. Neurosis is the term for mental distress that causes a person to behave socially differently from others; this is also considered abnormal in nature. Neurosis specifically includes depression, mental confusion, addiction, perfectionism, negativity and obsessive thoughts. Usually, neurosis is caused by common attributes of modernism such as isolation, truth-seeking, and gender consciousness; in general, modernism is the changes and reactions of the world. Due to the lack of communication with the outside world, the people of Winesburg struggle to overcome their unique difficulties in coping with their grief and facing life with their own beliefs. Without communication there is no direction, which forces the individual to form their own misleading truths; we must then cling to our truths as a means of life. However, one can choose to either face one's problems or allow oneself to be helpless. A common form of neurotic behavior is caused by isolation, the separation of a person from one or more people. In the short story “Adventure” the main character Alice Hindman expressed her madness through actions: “Getting out of bed, she arranged a blanket in such a way that in the darkness it looked like a shape lying between the sheets and, kneeling by the bed, she caressed him, murmuring words repeatedly, like a refrain” (101). Alice's former lover, Ned Currie, had gone to work in town, and while he was busy he had met many different people with whom he had fallen in love; Alice, on the other hand, was shy and reserved, and because she did not want to give up her first love, she committed herself to loving only Ned Currie: "The outer crust of her life, all her distrust and reserve natural, was torn away and she gave herself over to the emotions of love” (95). At this rate, Alice continued to wait for Ned to return, eventually finding herself just wanting someone to be with, and later discovering that she had completely wasted her life waiting for Ned instead of looking for a new one. love..