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Personally, I'd love to give streaming a go, the Twitch kind. I like playing games and I want to share my time with others, but social anxieties say otherwise
I used to stream a bit back in the justin.tv days and I would usually only get a handful of viewers but even to this day, it was some of the most unique gaming experiences I had. I used to try and play games that no one was streaming/talking about and a couple of times I actually ended up with the devs watching the stream and those were such great memories.
One time, I played this flash game where you had timed "lives" and the dev was watching (without me knowing) when I ran out of lives. I mentioned I'd be going to play something else while I waited for my lives to come back and he sent me a DM telling me that he would go and remove the timer so I could keep playing if I wanted.
That being said, I haven't streamed since then and I'm honestly not even sure how I'd start again. I don't think I'd ever enjoy having a large audience but I definitely enjoyed playing with a few people helping out on what to do next.
As a pretty much nobody streamer man on twitch, not even affiliate yet (I'm so close yet so far), I also struggle with social anxiety but find that streaming has been pretty easy for me. It's different than actually having to interact with people face to face, so it feels more like talking on a thread than irl interaction.
Of course that's just my experience and my anxieties may be on a much lower level than yours, but I recommend giving it a go if you think you'd have fun with it!