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>if a person comes to talk to me in VRC the immediate primal response is to open the menu and slam return to home
The first step is not doing that. I'd suggest practicing in public lobbies where your interactions are temporary. I was that bad in 2018. I managed to stop it, but never got to the point where I was comfortable talking to anyone. My major mistake was trying to practice in /vrg/ instances where I felt I was building a negative reputation with every mistake so it just became harder and harder to improve until I quit entirely.