get over my social phobia

I’m an isolation junkie. I am alone most of the time. I keep track of people on Facebook. I usually use the applications like “Superpoke” or games to interact with people. Once in a while I write a message to someone, and if someone actually writes back more than “Thanks” and tries to communicate with me, it scares me a little bit. It shouldn’t scare me, I want to have friends, but it does. It’s like a little electric shock or something!

For me, interacting with people is like eating brussel sprouts. I know it’s good for me, but it’s hard to make myself do it.