Not gonna act like I didn't have weird video game social anxiety when I first played this and before I did LFG type stuff, but the content isn't that bad difficulty wise and the people aren't that bad, either. Though you, of course, might get some fecal runs and some fecal people here and there.

I'd say try to leave your comfort zone a little bit and try to experience the game as much as you can. The 8 man raid series stuff is sometimes the most fun content in the game! I don't favor the 24s as much gameplay wise lol but ymmv