[MargaretR]

Entwisi's suggestion of a meet isn't really the way I want to go about 'emerging'
I will just have to discipline myself to go to public noisy places gradually - increasing the time spent there and the frequency I do it.

There will be days when I don't feel up to it - so I cant set dates for it, but I am convinced that I need to make an effort to rejoin society, and knowing where to go is that start.