Thank you for being transparent, and good post....but with caveat I believe you'll understand better than most. I didn't read through the thread, so apologies if this is a repeat. Yes, social anxiety is real, complete with diagnosis. I fully acknowledge and empathize with those affected. It can come from a number of root causes. I do have direct personal experience(s). We both know there are also those who claim social anxiety or state "understanding it" when there's no truth in either instance. I'd be willing to bet you take issue with these individuals to whatever extent. Personally, I find them contemptuous because it's disrespectful and only creates issues....most particularly with understanding. I'd also be willing to bet...as an affected individual...you've identified instances here on this board you can reasonably deduce fall into this grouping. It's possible some individuals posting here are undiagnosed, based on presentation. But in those cases, the player base at large cannot be held accountable to differentiate that which even the individual isn't cognizant of. Part of the issue here is a mirror reflection of other social settings. It boils down to misunderstanding and/or awareness in genuine cases such as yours....which can be exacerbated by instances of self - believed / diagnosed "affliction category" abusers. When it comes to interaction, you'll sometimes discover down the line (as opposed to immediately) that an acquaintance here or in outside life....is affected with social anxiety in some form. You may have found this to be true. What we're talking about here in this game world in which interaction / relation may be very brief (accomplishing a 30 minute - 2 hour task for example). There's not much of an opportunity to know someone except for that which they declare,.....in an LFG listing for example. Respectfully, I don't see this as a situation where "the community is spearheaded by persons treating mental health as a punchline"...... It's more an overall blend of non-understanding individuals / mis-representing individuals / afflicted individuals not taking full accountability for themselves. So this is what we do. Communicate. I've seen some positives....for example, threads here offering Dual Mission help stating alternate comms are available and offered. This is what's supposed to happen....the means is irrelevant (so yes, involvement here matters).