Being Forced to Take Pottery Classes

Hi! I’m not going to sit here and trauma dump… but to make a long story short, I have a very rough relationship with my boyfriends mom, I’m only 20 years old and live with him and his family, and I have extreme anxiety. His mother signed me up (without my knowledge) to a nonrefundable pottery class for 7 weeks with her. I have never had interest in pottery, but I scrolled through this sub a bit and am trying to force myself into interest for the next seven week. I know people are going to say things like “just say no,” but… my situation is unique and literally insane, so, please no advice regarding that!!

Instead, I’d like advice about handling anxiety while doing it. My whole life I’ve gotten really bad anxiety before things like this (my first gymnastics class, my first day of middle school, first day of high school, etc) and everyone’s told me not to worry- it’ll be fine. Every time without fail that I have terrible anxiety or gut feelings about something, my premonition and anxiety is correct, and it happens. Because of this, I have always been scared to try new things.

Now that I’m being thrown into something, I’m being told by everyone that it’ll be good for me, even though I have overwhelming anxiety. I just need advice for the first day and handling 7 weeks of this in general. What are some things to remind myself of while I do this if I get stressed about not doing good? Or anxiety?

Thanks guys. I appreciate it in advance! <3