Roommate Fight and Anxiety

If you fear for your safety, you need to find somewhere else to stay. If you can't, then call the emergency line to ask for help figuring out what to do. They will be able to tell you what to do. That person may be your roommate, but you have a right to feel safe in your own home. If you do not fear for your safety and it's more anxiety about being in the place of the argument or potentially walking into another one, breathe. I understand that anxiety. My house has always had a lot of loud arguments throughout my life, and sometimes I can barely handle being in the building where those happened. I definitely recommend going home, even though it's scary. If you don't go home today/tonight, it will be so much harder to do so tomorrow. Inform your roommate that you are still processing your argument and do not wish to talk about it any further today/tonight. Instead, you would like some time and space so you can resolve it later when you're in a better frame of mind. Then keep to yourself. Don't make a point of ignoring them as that will make things worse. Just try not to engage more than you have to. If you have a private space, stay there. Do something that calms you. Whatever you do, stay safe. If you absolutely must not go home, find a safe place to stay. That could be a friend's place, a hotel, even a local shelter. Your local law enforcement may have information about local shelters if you need it.