>try to interact with someone who I haven't before and aren't freaked out by my autism
>palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
>try to small talk but I'm panicking and it's getting uncomfortable with long silences
>knees weak
>don't know how in the hell to cut the interaction while they aren't weirded out and uncomfortable yet
>arms are heavy
>eventually see someone else join that's a friend of a friend, try waving at them and then approach them as they haven't seen me wave
>that's a normal way to leave someone right?
>can feel the vomit in my throat already
>run up to them and try wave, but due to desync they already turned around a moved a bit
>reposition at them and try greet them again
>they moved again
>at this point I'm committed and I'm confident I can do this and it wont look bad, try again
>they start running away at someone else
>meanwhile my last repositioning left me facing the person I was just interacting with
>i'm losing my spaghetti
>they're looking right at me
>steamVR... exit VR
>pace around my kitchen in circles trying to calm down