I'd consider it to be a pretty nuanced issue, really. It's one thing to use the game as a way to help alleviate one's problems...but it's another thing entirely to then expect other players to deal with the fallout when things go awry. Which is, unfortunately, alarmingly common within the FFXIV community.

I'm not suggesting that everybody does it, of course, but I've had some unpleasant encounters in the past with individuals who seek to exploit their issues as a way of trying to beg for free items, real world money, or just overshare details that regular people are simply not qualified to weigh in on or untangle.

It happened often enough that I'm very cautious now about who I allow to get close to me in-game. Especially in regards to the gaslighting and manipulative behaviour that can arise in some scenarios.