Hi sleepygirl,

It sounds like you think you have one problem, and that is that your boyfriend will be going away for a year. But it looks to me in what you wrote that you actually have three problems. However, you have gotten them all tangled up into one problem, and have made resolution of that one problem dependent upon your boyfriend staying, even though you know he is going to be gone for a year. So I would recommend you separate these problems from each other and work on them separately.

Problem 1: My boyfriend is going away for a year and I don't want to lose him.

Problem 2: I don't feel like I have any other friends here at university.

Problem 3: I have a past problem of bulimia and am afraid I am going to fall back into it.

These seem like pretty tough problems, especially the last one. It may even seem to you right now like they are impossible to solve. There are some things you can learn that can help you work on resolving these problems. I can talk you through it online, if you would like. Would you like my help?