There isn’t a disability where if you get mad and have to ACTIVELY type your outburst. Physically typing requires an intelligent thought process, unless you are using text to speech software.
Reminds me of a player a while back that trying to get around things claiming he had Tourette Syndrome (TS) and that why he swore in game…
I personally don’t like people using a disability to excuse themselves from being civil, my nephew is full spectrum and he even knows that there is a time and place for everything.
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Maybe you should not play or quit the game when this starts happening. There are ways to deal with this type of anger issue and there are resources out there to help you deal with it in real life. The onus is on you to figure out how to not transfer that anger into your everyday life and make others feel as bad as you do.
I do hope you seek help to learn how to deal with it but the rest of the world does not have to submit to toxic behavior no matter what disability you have.
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- Don’t type it out and hit enter. Move your hands away from the keyboard.
- If you want a software solution I am afraid there is no “easy” one that I know of that can be toggled on and off when you feel angry - besides moving your hands. But you CAN turn off all chat using Parental Controls. That prevents you from engaging with any chat and removes the problem totally.
- Look for addons that might have some sort of chat mute/hide functionality so you can make a “I’m mad button” that you hit turning off chat instead of seeing and replying? There might be something that exists third party or that you can do yourself.
I will look and see if anything pops up in a search on that.
Edit - there USED to be an addon with a hide chat button you could toggle. Not sure if it still works but this might lead you down the path to finding something you can hit instead of your keyboard.
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/hide-chat-button
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