I can't take this anymore...
I am so sick of my family. Moving home feels like the biggest mistake I have ever made. Everything was ok for the first couple weeks but now its like I never moved out. They are back to walking all over me and talking horrible to me. Constantly saying and doing things that hurt me. Putting me down. My 13 & 14 year old brothers are out of control. They do whatever they want. They run the house, not mom. I have tried talking to her but she just argues with me, and then when i disagree she just ignores me. I hate life right now. I havent been this depressed and stressed in years. This is the whole reason why I moved out in the first place. I have nowhere to go now. I can't afford to live on my own. Im STUCK! I don't know what to do.... This isn't good for me at all. Im affraid of how I am going to be if I stay here much longer. Because I just keep sinking deeper into this depression. I dont want pills. I dont want a shrink. I just want my life back. I NEED out.
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hey michelle. i\'m sorry to hear things are like this at home for you. keep in mind that the harder you make it for them when they say/do mean things to you, the less likely they are to keep doing it. being the nice one in this situation doesn\'t work because they expect you to be an easy target. i\'ve always had trouble asserting myself but i\'ve found that if i look people in the eye, use their name, and raise my voice so they can\'t speak over me, it helps me get control over the behavior i don\'t like. don\'t let anything slide if you don\'t like it. it may seem a like they won\'t listen or it won\'t be worth it, but you need to try because you deserve better. they need to know that you know that. and that it won\'t be so easy for them to pick on you any more. you are the only one who gets to decide what you are and aren\'t willing to put up with. i need to ask are they hitting you or just being verbally abusive? i wish you all the best as you work through this michelle. you can do it.
scott
thanks for being so supportive scott :)