This hits way too close to home.
I dropped out of law school, not due to the work, but due to the stress of daily interactions with people and the realization that that would be a large portion of my future career. Yet, I excelled at moot court and public speaking since I could compartmentalize it as "business". Throw me in a social situation, and to this day, my body reacts instantaneously as if it's a threatening situation, even though logically I can deal with it and from other's perspectives, I seem "normal".
I managed to find a more suitable role as a software developer in a successful company but outside of work, well, life sucks. This "issue" just lends itself to isolation as a legitimate alternative.