So I’ve been in recovery for eight months now. In that entire time I’ve been at home with my parents. I’m a college student and I move back in at the end of the month. While I’m really excited to get back to actually having a life again, I’m also nervous about my progress backsliding. All the memories of my recovery are tied to my house and the last time I was on campus I was struggling. And then whenever I try to get myself to prepare and do exposures, I just get way more stressed than before. I just keep getting this bad feeling that I’ll forget everything I learned and be right back where I was. And I’ve become a different person from who I was when I last saw a lot of my friends, so there’s just a lot of uncertainty surrounding it. Thank you for coming to me TED Talk PS: try your best not to give me reassurance because I am absolutely craving it right now