does this have a name?

[Caprice]

Originally Posted by cacophony

it sounds like you've come to associate social interaction with vulnerability. there's something in you that you don't want anyone else in the world to touch. hell, you may not want anyone else in the world to see it, much less touch it. you've built a wall around yourself to keep this thing safe from the outside world, safe from exposure. the easiest way to prevent exposure is to restrict your interaction with people so that it never progresses beyond the superficial. as soon as the superficiality is breached, you run the risk that your wall will be breached. thus, a quick recoil and a serious disinterest in furthering the social interaction. your sense that people lose interest in you after the initial "getting to know you" chit chat may be a projection of your own feelings. or perhaps you're a bit more overt with your growing discomfort than you realize, and your conversation partners choose to disengage when they pick up your vibes.

i think you hit it right on the money.