Learn to roller-blade. Physical activity definitely helps to stave off feelings of loneliness and also depression. And helps to get you in the mood to have fun with others. If nothing else just get up and do ten or twenty jumping jacks. You're practically guaranteed to feel just a tiny bit better - and more like socializing with others.
People are a real mixed bag.
The trick is to find the ones who lean more towards the former and less towards the later, in your opinion. And the trick to finding them, is to drop your too-high standards just a bit, so you can get to know some people who may not appear to be perfect at first, but who turn out to be warm or funny or something else that you genuinely appreciate. NINE Give up a bit of your distance. You can't overcome loneliness by maintaining total distance. You might be surprised to find other people there who also think it's corny.