First you went out...that's half the battle right there. I had a psychotic break but I wouldn't say I'm worse socially since then, it's more like I've always been poor socially. Cbt helped me overcome some of the negative thoughts I was having about myself so I'm a little bit better now but most of my socializing is typically one on one. I find it easier. Are you having any trouble reading social cues like emotions? One of the things that can happen is that you can't read people's eyes as well after psychosis it's similar to autism. I tested myself not long after my break and was performing at an average level but now two years later I'm well above average so I think you can recover what you had before.

Another interesting factor is the reward circuit. Again with the comparison to autism, apparently people with autism don't respond with the same pleasure level to the human voice so socialization is not as rewarding as for a typical person. I honestly wonder whether there is a similar deficiency in psychosis that blocks the reward circuit for social interaction. Hasn't been shown though. However there is a block to some reward circuits specifically anticipation. So people with psychosis are capable of having fun but they don't anticipate having fun at fun activities like going to the movies so their motivation is less.

Here's the thing...keep going out its the only way to keep your social detection pathways active...but make it easy on yourself...skip the bar which is fast paced and go out one to one with some people. I find activities easiest since there is something to focus on other than the conversation.