In the beginning, before my first client, I made a decision. I need to toughen up immediately. Change my mindset quickly and be somewhat in an acting role when I need to defend myself.
I don't know how I did this, because I used to be extremely passive before that first date. I was very inexpensive, only on back page, and unknowingly was working for a pimp, not an agency.
I got out of that in two weeks when I figured it out, but one of the requirements to work for that agency was "little to no experience." Lol.
I generally had great clients, but one thing I learned was if you're scared and need to leave, give them ALL of their money back, and tell them you're about to shit all over everything with incontrollable diarrhea. It works every time.
They also can't review you if you don't have a full paid date with them.
Some girls have told me, "oh no, I would have kept the money and left." But I don't agree with that. No money is worth an already out of control guy getting angry about feeling ripped off.
Better to keep your heart and soul in tact. This is not normal, and if it ever happens again, telling them you have the shits works every time. Lol!
Nowadays I try to avoid sociopathic type guys. If you read up on behaviors of narcissistic and sociopathic behaviors, you may be able to weed out the arrogant, boundary ass holes within the first sentence in an email. Again, most guys are super gentle and sweet. But it's up to you to keep yourself in tact when the off ball shows up.
Be your own mother bear. Protect yourself as if you were your own daughter. That's what I did.