I think the biggest difference between us is that it seems you view the world in such a way where it is other people's responsibility to resolve your problems for you. I mean, what if someone did mean to insult you, but when you bring it up to them they stop, but they still always think less of you? Well, they'll still always think less of you if you go to HR also, probably more so. And in the end, they stopped, so you resolved the situation on your own.

And I get it, you have an anxiety disorder. But it isn't the world's job to shift it's entire paradigm to make it a comfortable place for you to live in. And this isn't me just being unfeeling towards people with mental disorders. I have bipolar. And it has effected my work before. The difference is I view it as my responsibility. If I have a manic or depressive episode, and it causes me to do something I shouldn't at work, I take full responsibility for that. I recognize when I am the one who did not acting normal in an interaction. If I'm perceiving slights that may not be there. If I'm getting unnaturally upset over things I shouldn't, the problem in these situations is me. And if we already know that we have mental disorders then we should even be more apt to give other people the benefit of the doubt.

HR is not a place for grown adults to act like children, running to tattle on each other for every perceived slight. I mean imagine the end game of this. Imagine everyone acted the way you're suggesting. We're creating a generation of adult tattle-tales with zero-ability to conflict-resolve. You're suggesting running to the teacher every time someone says something you don't like. Jesus Christ, you're a fucking adult. You're never going to get over an anxiety disorder by constantly avoiding the things that make you anxious, and you're acting as if it's the world's responsibility to coddle you for the rest of your life, and it's not. And you freely and openly admit that you are the one with a social disorder in the situation. If anything, it is our responsibility to work towards getting over our disorders and entering into the workforce as fully-functional human beings.

If someone calls you a cunt. They are clearly trying to be offensive to you. If someone calls you sweetie, they are probably not. But either way, the best course of action in both those situations is to address it with the person who did it. The only time not to do that is if you have a rational fear of physical reprise, and if you do then you shouldn't be going to HR, you should be going to the police.

Give people the benefit of the doubt and talk to them about it first to try to resolve the situation. You can always tell on them later if the two of you cannot resolve it. This is the type of conflict resolution 101 that we teach children, especially when they become tattle-tales. Yet, you are openly advocating that we revert to a pre-Kindergarten model of conflict resolution. It's absolutely insane. And what's worse is that you are using your mental disorder to justify this. Asking the world to kowtow to us because of our mental disorders is what perpetuates the stigma. "Oh, there's Memories_of_You, you need to act differently around him because he's bipolar. Always wants special treatment for it." There's a reason that 99% of the people I know who are bipolar are scared to tell people. And a large part of that is because there is this social stigma that we can't deal with shit on our own, and we'll end up being a burden. And enacting or using policies that cater towards our mental disorders and being tattle-tales because we can't deal with our own shit, is exactly the type of thing that perpetuates that stigma. You're essentially proving to everyone out there that people with mental disorders are different from them and do require kid's gloves.