Going back to college after diagnoses...

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I stopped going to the university my junior year last January when I found out my father had stage four cancer... Commuting forty miles each way several days a week was already giving me too much sensory overload and I was too vulnerable when I heard the news. So I stopped going. No one knew I stopped going because I would leave the house and hide out at coffee shops during school times, which of course caused sensory meltdowns because I couldn't go home. All of my breakdowns from dropping out and my father's sickness lead me to finally get my diagnoses (at age 23), so I suppose I am thankful for that aspect.

Anyway, my father's cancer is in remission now and I've been getting stronger since July, so I am registering for classes again. I feel like I am better equipped now with my diagnoses, but I still can't help feeling anxious about the commute. I know I can register with the school and get special help, though I have never struggled academically when I have actually attended my classes... quite the opposite. They can't really help with my commuting.

I filled out a housing application for the smallest shared room in the dorms, so that maybe I can just sleep there four nights a week and then go home for the rest of the time (I have a good full time job in my home town currently).

So I'm excited and not. I only have daily contact with a handful of people and I've been terribly bored since I stopped going to school.

Iam guessing you might switch from driving bugging you to a roommate bugging you ? Ask for a room with no roommate as one of the things you need as help.

That's a great idea. I'll contact housing later today and see if they have any special accommodations. Thanks. I'm pretty stressed out considering I only have until tomorrow (when the tuition fees are due) to make my decision...