Vicious circle of broken fellowship

A vicious circle is…

…a situation in which an attempt to resolve one problem creates new problems that lead back to the original situation.

And a vicious circle of broken fellowship is when a believer is habitually sinning and so then doesn’t want to have close fellowship with others. He may purposely go to a church where he knows he will have no real fellowship or relationship.

Then, not having close fellowship with others he does not get victory over his besetting sin, so even more he keeps himself from getting too close to other believers, he gets more isolated and more bound. This is a vicious circle.