[beaconstudios]

All human beings need social contact, we're social animals. I think introverted nerd-types sometimes convince themselves that it's not true for them because socialising is hard work and needing to do it is irrational, but guess what: being alive is irrational. So even if you don't especially enjoy being around other people you have to recognise that you need to do it, as much as you need to eat and drink and sleep (another irrational need).

Try work from a coffee shop, go to the gym, join a co-working space. These are all low pressure spaces where nobody really expects you to be actively sociable but you can still be around others.

There's a fair bit of projection in this comment as for a while I thought I didn't need to socialise (despite actually being somewhat extroverted) and went through something similar to you.