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You've probably realized this by now but the older you get the better you become at hiding it and forming coping techniques. Eventually nobody will know about it except your close friends and being your friends they'll understand when it causes you trouble with something. 

Well, vrchat is the hyperbolic time chamber of socializing, open 24/7 with an unlimited number of strangers ready to talk [spoiler]and no faces to read.[/spoiler] Be persistent and use this opportunity.