Whenever I ask a friend or my bf if they want to hang out but they can’t that day, I get angry (but I keep it internal). It’s almost like I feel like if they can’t hang out that day, they’re abandoning me. I was wondering if anyone else experiences this and if so, how do you cope with it and not freak out on the person?

My poor bf gets it the worst, if he can’t hang out it feels like he just doesn’t want to be with me and is going to leave me which causes me to lash out. He’s very understanding but I can tell it takes a toll on him and I want to work on this but don’t know how and can’t afford therapy right now.