What are the qualifications for being a hermit?

We all have our bad days right? Well lately I have had bad day after bad day. It is like I am in this pit that I can't seem to claw my way out of. Maybe I have worn this "everythings fine" mask for too long. I am exhausted. I am tired of pretending: pretending everything is the same, I tired of sitting by. I wish me exterior were harder but I am fragile. I may attempt to put up this front that words mean nothing but I am hypercritical of myself and seek the basis for critique.