I always watch these Reddit posts on Tik tok and sadly now I have one to share for myself that I need help on. Me and this girl are both 18, we’ve been going out for a month or so and she had her prom last night which she invited me to. I have really bad anxiety and claustrophobia that I go to therapy for and I’ve been put on meds for (which I made sure she was aware of) so I knew I wouldn’t have a great time but it’s my senior prom so why not. I was introduced through my best friend a while ago and we’re just now going out and he had told me he would be at this prom. When he didn’t show up and told me he wasn’t going to I sorta realized I was at a school dance where I know no one but my date and I sorta guessed it would be a little bad. Anyways we were out on the dance floor with all her friends and they were all dancing and I felt a little embarrassed to dance and I could feel myself start getting anxious. Her friends eventually forced me to join them instead of sitting awkwardly by the wall and I was ok for a bit but being surrounded by people and bumped into with flashing lights and fake smoke filling the room I could feel my chest getting tighter and I sorta panicked. I mostly just stood there and tried to do cope the way my therapist has helped me with such as breathing exercises or grounding myself by focusing on my surroundings but too much was going on and I couldn’t do it. I didn’t really draw any attention to myself I just told her I was going outside and I went out there for a bit and was feeling so much better by the time I went in. After I went back in she sorta stopped including me in things in a subtle way that I might be anxiously overthinking and I apologized and she’s told me she’s upset because I made it awkward and uncomfortable. I understand why she feels that way and it’s totally reasonable because my illnesses are not anyone else’s problem and I just feel bad because I really tried not to ruin her special night. It’s been a very long time since I’ve dated and I just wanted some help from outside people. Any questions or advice is welcome and if there’s anything I can do to make it up to her please let me know