[F19] I want to move out and make a life for myself, but I still love my parents despite them being abusive (PLEASE HELP)

[Advice Request]

I am 19 years old, and I'm currently enrolled in a college that hasn't helped me grow as a student at all. I've also faced a lot of sexual harassment/threats from men at my current school. I even have an ongoing criminal investigation against a student who sent me sexual threats over text. Due to how terrible my school is, and uninteresting I found my current path of study, I've been heavily considering changing my major from psychology to marketing, and transferring schools to be happier. I told my parents that i wanted to switch schools and my major, and they got severely upset with me, and called me "unfocused" and a "quitter." My mom got so mad, she hit me with a stick and called me disrespectful for asking to speak after she yelled at me for an hour.

I asked them if they could support me by at least helping me move from my current town to my new college if i get accepted, and they told me no. They said they would not help me, and they won't let me go because it's "too soon" and "too inconvenient" for them. Last semester, due to the sexual harassment on campus, my parents wanted me in online classes. However, my mom made it extremely difficult to focus on my homework + even tried to force me to stop studying because she felt it was me trying to avoid house chores . I don't have any irl friends, I don't have any family members who would help me. I mapped out how to actually get a ride from my current town and 7 hours away to my new college. I can get the money, I'll find a job, and I'll take out loans to pay for school (because they pay for my tuition w my dad's military benefits)

The issue I'm having is the fact that I'm afraid of them, but I'm also terrified of losing my parents. I don't have anyone, I don't have friends, I don't have a boyfriend, I have no one. I wan't to leave so bad, and it's genuinely eating away at me. But im so afraid of losing them. My mom is controlling and anxious and physically abusive when she feels like she's losing control. My dad will just take her side no matter what she does. I don't know what to do.

Posted Jun 11, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

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