Hey I fit y'all's shoes as well. I use to be more social when I was younger (I'm 33 now) and had only a few friends in my neighborhood, but as I got older I got more isolated from the world because we lived in the rural area and didn't have neighbors to socialize with. Like you I just stayed in my room and talked on the phone chatline, and from there I became severely anti-social.

I was thinking of joining a local support group to get out of my comfort zone, but since we lost our car I couldn't work up the nerve to catch a city bus, but I do believe it will help once a person can get over that HUGE initial hump in the road.

Also I was thinking of just volunteering at a local thrift store, the library, or my child's school for an hour per week at first, then work my way up to more time; but hmmm,.. didn't follow through yet.