I need help

[Rant/Vent, Advice OK]

I am currently a senior in high school about to graduate in June and I need advice.. For backstory I lived roughly about the first 9 years of my life without a mother figure, My bio mom did drugs when she was pregnant with me so we have restraining orders on her. Life growing up was rough, I was back and forth between staying at home with my dad and going and staying with my grandmother. Up until 6th grade I went to a more rural school and got bullied I also didn't do well in school (I was the kid that always had to be sent out in the hall for misbehaving) My home life was rough, then and now being home is an anxiety producer in itself. There was a time when I didn't get good grades and I was forced to throw everything away except my bed and 3 pairs of clothes. I was constantly screamed at and called degrading words. Moving forward in high school my parents were so focused on my grades the teachers had to tell them to back off(I would have breakdowns constantly due to my dad sending me paragraphs on paragraphs if I got a not so good grade) I currently have a 3.9 GPA and my hs doesn't go above a 4.0, I have a job, I'm a flight student, and a active member of theatre club, honor society, phi theta kappa, full time dual enrollment, and I'm a C/Tsgt in Civil air patrol. and I got accepted into my dream school but I didnt get into my "local" state school since the program im applying for is very hard to get into. When my parents found out I didnt get into the state school it was immediate "its because you have mediocre grades.." blah blah and so forth and since. that day it has just felt like there's so much resentment coming from them. I am so exhausted and burnt out, I don't know what to do.

Posted Feb 14, 2026, 7:57 AM UTC

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