I did this just this week - the stepping back thing, and it felt like a full 3 steps back, and it freaked me out. After I'd been home with my 'rents, I got all anxious and not-wanting-to-go-outside again, a real return to how I was over this summer.
I talked to Tfella about it, and it helped - we went over what I did right to deal with the issues, and what probably set me off about it all.
So maybe I get a few steps forward from that. But yeah. 3 forward, 4 back, 2 forward, 2 forward, 1 back, 3 forward...
s'like Chutes and Ladders, I think.