I've done that same thing where i just didn't feel like seeing anyone, i didn't answer my phone, or leave my home accept for work, before i knew it 2 years had passed and it got more and more difficult to see people i didn't answer calls, even my own family members who live in the same town i wouldn't see.The longer you wait the more difficult it is, plus you feel guilty for lying about why you can't go over, why they can't come over, why you didn't answer the phone etc. I know how you feel about your friend might see you if you go to a certain place....i do that too..i am near panic when we drive through a town that one of my friends mom lives in..I'm afraid she will see me..and i don't want to..talk..or see her. The only thing that helped..honestly...my husband forcing me to go places...if i was without him I'd still be that way. I suppose my advice...is do it anyways...even if you don't want to...even if it's not fun..just go and when the dreaded conversation comes up about why you weren't around...say i wasn't feeling well, but I'm doing ok now...you only have to have that conversation once...and after a while...you yourself might believe it too...it may be true..eventually.