My father spends 12 hours a day on TikTok, begs me for likes, and I can’t cope anymore

Hi everyone,

I’m struggling with my dad and I don’t know how to handle it anymore. He spends around 12 hours a day on TikTok (screentime report: ~82 hours a week just on TikTok). He doesn’t work, avoids responsibilities, and makes me read his letters, do his taxes, and write his emails.

The only interaction we have is about TikTok: he constantly begs me to give him likes or followers, at least 5 times a day. If I refuse, he gets angry, says I never do anything for him, and threatens that he won’t help me in the future. This dynamic has been going on for months.

My mother is supportive, but I live with my father and can’t move out yet. I feel like I’m “parenting” him while he’s stuck in this TikTok addiction. I work fulltime and have to study for Med School.