Your desire to interact with others (or not), comes from introversion and/or extroversion.
Someone who is more extroverted may be more social, wish to interact with others more, etc. Someone who is more introverted may wish to spend more time alone, not interact with others as much, etc.
in my personal oppinion, sitting around a campfire in the wild or just outside of your house really sets the mood for any scary story that you might think of
