Just got ticks for the first time, am I okay?

I ramble too much so TLDR: I picked a tick off with my fingers and have no idea if I should be worried

This might sound stupid but I am uneducated. I am 24 and have never gotten a tick before. Well, last night I was going through some emotional things and took a walk outside at night to regulate (very stupid and unsafe idea, do not do it), and at one point I was just so emotionally exhausted I just sat down and cried. I was really, really not regulated and couldn’t get myself up for at least an hour (more context on rest of profile but I promise I’m okay).

Well, I eventually walked home. Went straight to bed but wasn’t able to fall asleep. At one point, probably 4am, I was scratching my upper back near the nape of my neck when I felt something strange. I thought something was maybe just stuck to my skin, but I didn’t know what. It was definitely not a mole or any other part of me. I tried to pick it off, but I could feel one part was sticking to me harder than the rest and it kind of hurt.

I got it off and that’s when my heart stopped before I even looked at it because the realization hit me that it could be a tick. I looked at it for about a second, and it looked like a bug for sure, and I instantly freaked out and dropped it in my bed accidentally. I took a blanket from the closet and tried sleeping on the floor, but then saw a bug on the blanket. I looked up what a tick looks like, and yeah, it was a tick. I tried hitting it with my shoe, but it wasn’t dying, so eventually I had it crawl on the shoe and I used the faucet to make it go down the sink drain. I worry that the one on the blanket was a whole separate tick from the one on my back, and truthfully I’ve been so emotionally exhausted that I was definitely not using common sense to actually get rid of the bug and wash my sheets in the moment.

I just showered and now I’m currently laying on the couch. I didn’t see any other ticks on me, but I’m very paranoid that there’s more I just haven’t been able to spot. The one on the blanket looked smaller than the one I pulled off of me felt. I tried looking in the mirror but I can’t tell if any part of the tick is still stuck inside my skin from where I pulled it out.

Am I safe? Should I be trying to clean the area it was on? Right now the area feels a little. Idk if sore is the right word? Like a very slight burning sensation. I read that you shouldn’t be removing them with your fingers and i’m scaring myself