Go to the store or someplace "public" and force yourself to talk to a clerk or other customer, etc. That's the only way I found around the "glass wall" that would make me feel different. Even just talking about the weather; if you have a community store where you go often enough that any of the help "recognize" you, that was always helpful and comforting to me. Library? I always felt a little more comfortable around other people, like I was "safe" for a bit (and distracted so got a bit of a "rest"). I think even with the hiding out that one is probably doing some sort of intense inner work, just aren't consciously aware of what it is? Things shift and sometimes it's really uncomfortable and scary and hard to figure out what's going on?