I've been like that sometimes. Like Eskielove says, sometimes I don't have enough spare energy - or the motivation - for social situations, and sometimes that has been down to the social situations on offer not being satisfying for me.

I agree with MickeyCheeky to ask yourself honestly what you want. I've been in a painful state when I desperately wanted social contact and was miserable but had to force myself to get out of my front door just like you describe. I've also had times when I was drained by challenges in my life and desperately wanted some solitude.

There was a time in my life when because of counselling I forced myself to socialize and thought, "whoah, this is exciting and possible" but later felt disappointed by all of those new social contacts that I had made. In particular I was experimenting socialising with the opposite gender and I wasn't solid enough in myself to feel happy with the result.

Everyone is different. As I get older I realise more and more that humans don't come in standard packages, no matter how much it seems like that on the media and looking in on social groups from the outside. Even some therapy/ counselling techniques seem to put over the message that we should be a standard package, regardless of our life experience.

What is true for me may be false for you. I would just counsel you to be a little patient and to deliberately celebrate any social experiences that give you pleasure in your daily life. Have a gentle talk inside yourself about this, and listen.

That's me, I have a great need for gentleness/ listening in my inner life. If I can listen internally with patience... eek, that's a big step... I can find my own solutions.