Going on a night out

So barely back in my lectures and I decide to go on a night out :D before a night out a number of things were going through my mind: having a panic attack in public, feeling tired through not drinking, feeling really anxious and not be able to get home, having to talk to people, it being to hot, feeling trapped in crowds, looking unconfortable to my friends and throwing up in public through fear.

I made it out, if I told myself before that I would have to go and stay till 2 in the morning I would have made it really hard for myself. However by telling myself to go out till 12 it set a small and achievable goal. Before the union thoughts were rushing through my mind, should I pay to go in if I might leave? It would be easier to go home now rather than later, I feel to ill to go out etc. I made it to the union sober, felt nervous at first but the anxiety dropped every half an hour I was there and by 12 I was really enjoying it and felt relaxed. Due to the drop in anxiety my energy levels increased and I was able to make it through the night, I am now no longer completely fearful of the union through facing my fears.