I’m Allergic to People, But I Just Paid to Join an Online Community

Here’s why.

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Up until four months ago, if you asked me to choose between being in a room filled with people or being alone, I would’ve started at you, unblinking, as I’m prone to do before booking a one-way ticket to my hermit house. Every since I was small, groups have terrified me — the sheer number of people and their noise, their…