Well good for you for recognizing that this is something you need to take control over. Whether you have self esteem or intimacy issues or whatever, a trained professional is likely to have had experience in these areas and will be best suited to helping you. I agree in that you need to do as much as to maintain a regular life as possible - carry on with what you feel you can comfortably achieve and who knows, with therapy you might be able to break down some of your barriers and do stuff you never even thought yourself capable of. I continue to wish you the best.