Thanks CANC, I see that there are many overlapping symptoms and finding out more about this can help me piece together exactly my behaviors since I was a child and maybe the 'why's and 'where's'. It's helpful to know. I, too, need to connect to the outside world either by phone or internet but am happy to not leave these four wall. I hope this mindset will change in the future as I think I'm cheating myself out of a fuller life. Thanks again.