Thanks so much, Kath! It comes and goes through phases. For example, I struggling when I was at school and then really started to feel better. Then I got home for spring break this week, and fell right back into the rut. It’s very frustrating because I do not yet know how to keep the balance. I get really excited because I start to feel better, and then feel very discouraged when I fall into the slump again. What are your favorite techniques that help you? Or what helped your friend the most? What worries me is that I have started to develop small phobias of certain things. When I feel really down, I get very scared of driving. I think it’s because I worry something bad will happen if I get too upset while driving. I know it sounds illogical, but to me it freaks me out! I usually just have to make myself do it and I usually feel better once I do. I have also always been very independent, (I go to school 8 hours from home) – and sometimes doing so many things alone gets really lonely (i.e, driving home, flying, etc). Thanks so much again for your help. -Caroline