I have no choice; I am entering cocoon mode.

[Exodus]

You should explain this part. It sounds like you're trying to blame aesthetics while ignoring a real issue because aesthetics is easier for you to accept/fix. Why did you have a falling out with your friends? And would being fitter and having read more articals on the internet really have prevented it?

He's got a point. I mean you can attain all the internet knowledge in the world, but you gotta put it into practice, which I gather seems to be the hard part.

I empathise on the social anxiety though, minus the super-confident, Im sure it's affected us all on here at some point.