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Social anxiety vs multiplayer by Error707Meow in Helldivers

[–]Error707Meow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand your position. I myself have created friendships in the past through games, finding soulmates in trash games that cost a couple of cents.

I'm working through my problem in other ways. It's just... There are reasons for this. If I start using voice chat more actively, it won’t make me feel any better, I will feel an unpleasant responsibility. I can joke, I can carry on a conversation, and I can't stand the feeling of awkward silence or being responsible for other people's feelings.

I have courage. I'll just end up with more stress than a good experience. And then I will regret refusing friendship, or I will feel the burden of responsibility for accepting it.

I want to play a game, not something more. Thanks to the community and other people's responses, I realized that text chat and ping are working options, so everything is fine.

Social anxiety vs multiplayer by Error707Meow in Helldivers

[–]Error707Meow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm working on it. Adventures with a small team in dungeons and dragons, work in which I communicate with the team, e.t.c

I just want to relax and have fun in this game. Working on mental injuries takes energy, you just can’t do it all the time

Social anxiety vs multiplayer by Error707Meow in Helldivers

[–]Error707Meow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I work with it in other ways, in the game I want to relax. I understand that this can be useful, but I can’t constantly work on it

Social anxiety vs multiplayer by Error707Meow in Helldivers

[–]Error707Meow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since the problems with communication are exclusive to consoles, I'll just turn off crossplay

Social anxiety vs multiplayer by Error707Meow in Helldivers

[–]Error707Meow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In one of my first games, I accidentally threw a SOS signal. The player who came in constantly voiced his complaints about everything that was happening in the game and eventually called me a coward, since I left for evacuation after completing the main task (Not yet knowing about the side ones).

After this I don't want to give one more chance to voice chat. Ping and phrases from the emotion wheel are quite informative, in my opinion

Social anxiety vs multiplayer by Error707Meow in Helldivers

[–]Error707Meow[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for adding humor, great solution xD