I very much doubt I’ll get any responses in time but it’s worth a try, I’m going to a friends house for their birthday (it’s a small gathering me and one other person) and I think I’ll be okay (I experience dissociation, depression, anxiety, panic attacks and slight agoraphobia) just sitting in her house (I only got invited the night before which has make me a nervous wreck all day!) but if they decide to spontaneously go out somewhere I don’t feel mentally up for going out but it’s not like I can exactly say no because then I’ll have spoiled her day and I’ll be the boring one in the group. My friends have a tendency to say “hey let’s go out” after I’ve already decided to go and have gotten there. I also have only known her a year or so and don’t know her family at all so I wouldn’t feel as safe as I do at all my other fiends houses.
It’s worth mentioning I’m in high school (uk) so I can’t drive so my parents will pick me up when I’m ready to leave. I’ve been given the option by my parents to just drop by and give her her gifts but since it’s a small gathering I feel like I’ll ruin it if I don’t stay! I’d hate it if someone did that on my birthday! What should I do? Is there an easy way out that I’m not thinking of?