I started kinda isolating myself after doing a lot of partying and dropping out of college. I decided I was going to use my days off work (I work 5 days a week as a server) to rest, do things around my house, do some artwork, get bills paid, etc. 

At first, I really enjoyed my alone time. Lots of my friends would ask me to hang out, and I would have no problem telling them I didn’t want to because I liked being home and having time to myself. 

Now however, I’ve started realizing it actually gives me a lot of anxiety to think about going to do anything but go to work and go see my family. The thought of going out to lunch or the movies or any type of thing in a social setting with anyone makes me so nervous because I feel like I’ve become this weird little antisocial hermit. 

When I’m at work, I’m fine. I am fully myself, I laugh with people, I have lots of friends there, 
and I have no anxiety there but when anyone asks me to do anything outside of work I feel like I have to come up with an excuse because I’m almost scared of it.. scared I’ll say the wrong things or do something weird because I’m so used to being alone. 

Does anyone have any advice on how to get over this? I love my friends.. and I want to get back to doing things with them because I know if I don’t they’ll stop asking. Some of them already have and I feel bad because it’s not like I’m blowing them off because I don’t like them. It’s because I’m just so anxious.