I think this applies to everyone, in many ways. People are so afraid to approach one another for any reason. I've felt this way even wanting to be friends with a stranger before.
By the way, Mr. Alien, you upvoted my "The Salamander" Choose Your Own Adventure before and I thank you for that. I just posted one that I worked on for a couple of days. It has some similarities in the monsters/action category, and I thought you might like it too.