I Can’t Handle Being Around My Parents Anymore

I 19f, have been living at home for the summer since the dorms at my uni are closed. My family is complicated to say the least. My parents are the type to think I should be groveling at their feet because they are my parents. My dad has had anger issues since I can remember. Any small inconvenience would mean he’s in a bad mood for the rest of the day. He lacks empathy and doesn’t give a shit unless whatever the situation is directly affects him. My mom is a doormat to him and also gets pissed at pretty much everything. Screaming is common at my house. A big example of this was in my senior year. I was in an abusive relationship, emotionally with lots of manipulation, cheating and some physical. I had a hard time leaving cause I’d known the guy for 10 years and I was kinda afraid to leave since I’d see him everyday at school. One night I had caught him cheating and he had said some cruel things when confronted. Obviously I was a wreck and was crying in my room decently loud. That’s when my dad decided to come up and scream at me for about an hour about being unstable and that anyone can control their emotions at anytime. Him and my mom thought they should take my door as punishment. Yes, punishment for crying after my bf of 2 years cheated. I cried harder and just asked for space and my dad just said to stfu and stop being a little bitch. Mom said nothing except that I need to listen to my dad. I spent a couple days sleeping in my car and my parents acted like nothing happened when I came back. Another big incident with my mom was when I was in middle school. She was yelling at me for being distant and being a brat for not spending time with family. I had told her that I wasn’t feeling good and didn’t feel like living anymore, in many more words but that’s the gist. She just screamed that I was being dramatic and that she raised me and I have nothing to be depressed about. And that she “doesn’t give a damn” if I’m depressed, that I should be grateful for everything I have. Those are the big ones.
I had a pretty bad lymph node infection in December. Migraine for 4 days, throwing up, 103 fever. Which are all symptoms of meningitis and other conditions involving the brain. He was convinced I was dramatic and said I should stop being a bitch about it. He also argued about me going to the ER once my symptoms got worse. Never apologized after even though I could’ve died or had permanent damage if it was something serious like we thought. Most of the time it’s just being in a bad mode over everything, neglecting any emotions me or my brother have, complaining he does everything around the house (which isn’t true, he does yard work and cleans the pool maybe every week or 2). Mom snaps at everything. Can’t stand if we’re “disrespectful” which to her is expressing any difference in opinion or being in a bad mood. There’s lots of little things that would take forever to type out.

I feel bad because they’ve never been abusive and they do pay for my college. But I genuinely can’t wait to move and be away from them. I’m hoping to save up money to pay for an apartment and therapy, eventually be able to pay for college to I don’t have any obligation to keep as much contact. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to deal with this? Or any suggestions on how to make some extra money so I can at least get rid the obligation of staying in touch?

Posted Aug 8, 2024, 9:17 PM UTC

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