Can you give me some advice? (toxic parents)

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I'm going to college in 3 months, which is why I'm posting here cause I know advice can really be useful. I'm not going to get too much into family details, but I'm sure that given the name of the sub, some of you guys can relate. I want to know how to truly distance myself from my toxic family. I don't know how to explain in but their insanely emotionally abusive and try to use a few of my mental health struggles as ammo during conversations to get the upper hand. My parents say that I am supposed to be super grounded, humble and down to earth when I talk to them which is essentially code for not argue w them whatsoever. But when I'm too quiet they think I'm being entitled and then they bring up the fact that I've never achieved anything at the ripe age of 17. Do ya see what I'm dealing w? How do I go about limiting contact in college when they expect me to call every single day (they actually said this as they were screaming at me... i cannot make this shit up). For anyone going thru the same thing... help

Posted Feb 26, 2026, 3:26 AM UTC

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