I'm thrilled to see the growing body of research linking social health with good physical health, and I will work with you on how to garner friendships. It's a process that can be learned. You don't have to be naturally social- you can acquire social skills and enjoy the process. It doesn't have to be torture!
http://uncnews.unc.edu/2016/01/04/social-networks-as-important-as-exercise-and-diet-across-the-span-of-our-lives/
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill researchers show how social relationships reduce health risk in each stage of life.
"Specifically, the team found that the sheer size of a person’s social
network was important for health in early and late adulthood. In
adolescence, that is, social isolation increased risk of inflammation by
the same amount as physical inactivity while social integration
protected against abdominal obesity. In old age, social isolation was
actually more harmful to health than diabetes on developing and
controlling hypertension."
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