Last night my girlfriend and I went up a canyon a few miles to go stargazing. On the road up, I started realizing that we were going to be alone in the dark away from civilization and I started worrying about wild animals or people coming out of the woods and hurting us.
I got over it for an hour or so and we were able to just enjoy each other's company but the anxiety suddenly came back in full force and we wound up leaving a little earlier than we had originally planned. She was fine but I still feel bad and I really want to be able to do this again without my anxiety messing up the evening for us.
I guess I'm just posting this here to get it off my chest and maybe figure out some coping mechanisms to make this a little easier in the future. If you guys have any advice I'd appreciate it.