Hi guys, I'm from the Royal Palm area. I'm 22, in college, working part-time with low hours, very stressed, losing all my hair, and not enjoying life.
My story:
My parents are extremely verbally and emotionally abusive. To keep it short, I am held hostage by them financially. They tell me I am beneath them and do not deserve respect because I am a child (a sound of mind, mature individual). They constantly threaten to call the police on me, taunt me, telling me to hit them, to strike them, to beat them up. With any disagreement, they ask me to leave their house and threaten to take everything away. They speak to me however they please. If they want to degrade me, make fun of me, etc, they do it. I am subhuman to them, just a thing they made and have to keep so their family doesn't cut them off. My theory is kicking me out is like social suicide to them, they will be judged to no end and the embarrassment will destroy their ego's, they wouldn't know how to cope with the backlash from kicking out a chill guy who tries to take care of himself, stays out of trouble, and has aspirations to be something in life when they have other family members who are none of that and are still loved by their parents. They will be asked why, from a hundred if not more people... with no real excuse, nothing to tell them.
I need to know how I can make more money to move out, or if there are any programs or people I can speak with to help me figure something out. Their calling the police on me and saying they're gonna tell them I'm causing harm makes me fear for my life.
What do you think I should do? Do I stay and tough it out or move out? I fear one day police officers will take my life, or my father will.
For anyone wondering if I might be the issue here, my parents are, unfortunately, covert narcissists. Anything I do is and will be a problem. They just don't like me.
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