So I read this and all I could think was "That's definitely me". Almost all of my social interaction consists of talking about something, rather than getting aquainted with people, and as soon as those conversations turn to more connection-forming topics I bail. I think to outside parties, I must seem like a hyperchondriac by now(esp. when linking a large sweeping, general article like that), but all my 'revelations', true or false have either directly or indirectly led to something that improves my quality of life, so it's all good. One interesting thing I noticed was that my 'advoidance' of forming connections shared some coincidences with the way I use social media; things like Reddit, large chat groups dictated, I rarely have 1-1 Twitter conversations or reply to reddit comments that deviate to personal themes(How did you x, What do you think of y etc.) As a result, I'm going to force myself to come here more often, and to have longer conversations in general.