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trasharmdsister12 said:

Volterra_90 said:

I must be the only gamer without Discord, how does it even work? XD.

By the way, and that's not an intention in changing your behaviour, obviously. But I suffered about... 6 years ago from what they called... Some kind of "social anxiety"? Well, I was afraid to go to college, because I didn't get along with my mates. It was painful. And I had some anxiety attacks and a pretty strong depression. What worked for me was, only, some understanding people who was gentle with me, and understand that I was going through some dark times. They became friends of mine and everything suddenly dissapeared, so I can say that now I'm happy. I still hate the world from time to time, but who doesn't? But obviously what worked for me doesn't work for everybody else, that's for sure. And sometimes it's hard to meet that kind of people, I guess I was just lucky enough. 

I must say that gaming also helped me a lot through my life. It's a pretty healthy hobby as far as I'm concerned.

I legitimately find it difficult to be out in public. I'm not comfortable with how I appear to people and I can't stand being looked at a lot of the time. It's weird because I have no problem making friends. I'm generally well liked by people at work but I can't say I could reach out to anyone while in need and have them be there for me with any degree of consistency. I've tried with many groups of people but I was let down and that just made things worse so I've given up on trying that too for the most part. I've been trying to just provide what I need for myself to be a bit at peace. I haven't made a whole lot of progress but at least I don't feel like I'm burdening anyone anymore. 

The first step for an easier/possibily happier existence for you is to realize and accept that no one cares about how you look.  In fact, they probably don't focus on you much at all, because they have their own life and anxieties to deal with.  If you can achieve this state of mind, you will enjoy a new level of freedom.