I (19f) have had pretty severe anxiety my whole life. For reference, I went to therapy when I was younger for a anxiety after my parents realized I was hurting myself trying to self soothe (clenching hands so hard my nails were digging into my hands). 

As I got older, I still had it pretty severely. At one point, my parents sent me to live with my cousin for a month after I'd expressed interest in a similar work field as she was in, I had a panic attack over being away from home the first night, and the day after that, and again until my parents brought me home in less than a week. After that I was able to start anxiety medicine. 

It did wonders. I was able to do a lot more daily tasks without the overthinking I'd had before. I became a better driver, better employee, and so on. I still have pretty bad anxiety, but it effects my daily life less.

Anyway- onto the reason I'm making this post. 

I am starting a culinary program. It's a 10 month long program on the other side of the country. But the longest I've lived away from home is less than 2 months. I'm living with some extended famil thats I've known and been close with my entire life, but I've been having a lot of panic about this. Every time I think about how long I'll be here, anxiety to the max. 

I am really excited about this program, and I've gotten a job, and I start school in less than 2 weeks. I don't want to give up on the program but every time I think about how long I'll be here, away from home, I feel like I'm going to cry. I don't want to give up on this, and I want to get started on building my life and a career, I know I can't live with my parents forever, so I'm determined to stick to this.

If anyone has any advice on how to cope with moving far from home with anxiety, I would very much appreciate it.