I think one of the biggest struggles about being on your own is realizing that you can't run from things anymore. No matter how small, if you put something out of your mind, it comes back and it really ***** because you're forced to face everything that you're afraid of and every emotion that you'd rather not have, all at the same time. Anything that you've shut out, everything that you regret, especially things you try to deny to yourself, you can't escape. I guess it's part of growing up but no one warns you about it and if you don't know how to handle it it's one of the hardest things.