I choose not to have friends at the moment. I don't feel I have the time & patience for the balance-shift & change having friends has on life right now. I have been very sociable in the past, though, until the SA got a little out of control a few years ago.
Having said that, I'm not in a big cloud of social anxiety 'hysteria' either atm. I'm relaxed when out, when talking to people, & meeting new people. I've even made calls lately (shock! horror!), and I've been seeing family a lot lately, which I have to say I do have a couple of good friendships there on hubby's side of the family, and for now that's enough for me and I'm happy.