According to Osho, aloneness threatens the very existence of mind, which is a social byproduct needing others to function; deprived of its usual reactions and chatter, it panics into anxiety and depression. Modern individuals suffer more because they lack patience and are obsessed with linear, one-life time—creating urgency, unfulfilled desires, and restlessness—whereas older, Eastern circular-time cultures allowed waiting and eased the shock of solitude.
When you’re alone the mind loses its toys and freaks out—and modern people freak out faster because they’re always in a hurry and feel time is running out.