I draw clean art of my own character and I'm a furry to help with my social anxiety. I'm usually really closed and it's hard for me to start conversations (this does not include indirect conversation such as this forum) but my character I made up is very open and has no trouble communicating. I use him as a role model because I think you should be yourself and not try to be like other people, but since I made up my role model, I am being myself AND being who I want to be.