Thanks rainboots!

I guess for me, my inclination is towards avoiding even minor socializing--chit chat at the water cooler is torture for me. Stuck in an elevator trying to make small talk with the guy in accounting. Even calling my own friends. If I feel like I'm not "successful" enough at the moment, they won't want anything to do with me (this is all coming from me, I realize.)

Sometimes just getting out of the house on weekends is a challenge. I guess the key is to recognize the small things. I am getting better at "forcing" myself to get out there but so far the results are too incremental to notice.

I was wondering how others dealt with this, I'm glad that you gave examples.