I felt so unsettled by being appreciated

Yesterday I saw a client I had been assisting. Our workplace has changed so we don't see people very often and generally offer advice not assistance. That change in itself feels like it is cutting me down. He was really appreciative and I felt weird after - that anxious fear of doing something wrong that sits in your stomach. I did not do anything that should be considered special. I just used my skills and treated this person as a person. I have very little in person human contact beyond work colleagues and superficial interactions.I also don't receive appreciation in person often.I do hear it over the phone but I think that is easier for me to regulate through. I just wanted to cry - in part at what the world has become where we treat each other so badly. Does this resonate with anyone? Insights as to why? How not to feel like this? Because it was not nice. AuDHD if that helps.

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