(Barring disabling chat because playing without any sort of interaction feels hollow)

Basically, all the toxicity and blaming has been really getting to me. The more toxic or incorrect it is the more it bothers me, and I respond, and it only adds to it and makes me a target, especially if I wasn’t the one being targeted beforehand.

It happens so often that it really effects my enjoyment of the game. How do I just… ignore toxicity in these games without letting it get to me? If I respond it helps a bit, but it only adds fuel to the fire, if I don’t respond and mute I feel like trash, especially if it’s not aimed at me. I just don’t know a way to really think through and disregard other people’s negativity in game.