I’m not sure how related this is to my anxiety, but I experience the same feelings that I do when I’m in situations that trigger my anxiety. If this isn’t related please let me know of a subreddit where this would be more relevant.

My group of friends likes to do real life activities such as dinners or general hangouts together, but I’ve noticed that I’m never invited to them or asked if I would be interested in them. Normally I’m terrible in social settings, but I feel like I would actually enjoy and be better in this setting with my friends. I want to ask them about being included in these activities, but I don’t know how to go about it and I have some worries. One thing that I’m worried about is sounding selfish by asking to be included, or sounding demanding. Another thing that is really worrying me is the possibility of me being excluded being an intentional thing, and having to hear them tell me that they don’t want to spend time with me and that I wouldn’t be allowed to spend time with them in this way. Also the fact that I was excluded in the first place just makes me think that they see me as less important or less liked than others in the friend group.

I’m probably overthinking a lot of this but any advice is appreciated nonetheless :)