Hi, Been playing OW since bout 2017, over several diff accounts so idrk my full played hours. I would assume somewhere over 2-3k hours. My current acct (2019-current) is at 1100 . Anyways, I started to play comp more seriously this past year and stayed steady in mid to high plat, now since season 9 im steady mid gold to mid plat. I need some sort of advice on how to feel comfortable/at peace being on mic. I get that the higher the rank the more advantageous it is to be on mic..... my voice is easily clocked as femme and that has led to insane harassment and dog piling, and I have horrible anxiety, like I will fall ill with flu-like symptoms type shit. I feel people are less focused on constructive crits and jus want to blow steam at any1 in ear shot... any advice? Should I try to build up a 5 stack? Should I jus keep every1 muted from the get go? But I feel I lose out on the genuine human contact.

I heavily rely on pinging and voice lines and has usually gotten the job done. Seems the higher I climb the less folks gaf bout pings.....

Sorry if this is the wrong sub for this Q