I am a Sophomore in a college 20 minutes from my house. I chose my school for a number of reasons but part of the reason was because I struggle a lot with depression and I wanted to stay close to my family. I live on campus but my family is near by if I need them, my dad occasionally comes to take me to lunch and because I don't have a car my mother sometimes drives me to buy groceries or do something else. I don't go home too often and I don't see my family all the time, but I see them enough. I feel like it's been very helpful for me to have them near by.

My father just lost his job and as a result, in May my parents and my little sister are having to move 1,000 miles away. I will stay here at school. Now instead of being 20 minutes away they will be around 17 hours away. during the school year I'll only be able to see them during spring and christmas break. I am extremely anxious about this. I don't want to transfer school for my Junior year. My credits will not all fully transfer so i would have to graduate a semester (at the least) late and I don't want to jump in to a class where everyone has been together for 2 years already. I want to stay and finnish up my education here but i am really worried about being without my family. My mother especially. I worry i won't have the support i need. also I'm about to start going to therapy again but next year when my family is gone I'll have no way to get there because I still won't have a car. I'm just really really anxious. i don't want to be on my own.