Just a little over a month ago my dad got a promotion for his job but the position was only available in Houston, and we lived all the way in Hawaii. From the start I was against the move and I told my parents that every day but they just said something like I would get used to it or it wasn't that big of a deal. When we got there I stopped complaining for about a week because honestly, it was something new and interesting. The mainland has a lot places that Hawaii doesn't have like Sonic or Whataburger. Eventually though, I started getting real homesick. Its been over a month now and not a day goes by where I don't think about being back home. I talk to my parents about it and try to convince them to just get me a one way ticket back home and I can stay at my friend's house until I get a job and can afford to get my own place, but they don't want to hear any of it. As of right now, I've been applying for jobs here to save up for a ticket myself but no one's been calling yet.

If we go to restaurant she will spend the whole time taking pictures and deleting them over and over. She will make us take pictures then make comments that we don't look good. My sisters birthday was a few days ago and she told my sister to change her clothes and then said her hair was disgusting and that the pictures weren't going to go on Facebook. My sisters hair is falling out she has bald patches and my mom thinks it's disgusting and tells her. I could tell my sister wanted to cry. My mom was acting like it was her birthday instead a spoiled brat having her birthday. She is so judgmental about other women and points every one out and says they are ugly. Everytime we go out!!!! It's like she's jealous about everything. She says I'm too pretty to wear just a t-shirt and jeans and she's jealous of me. Yet she degrades my sister for being overweight in public. My sister loves fashion more than me. My mother doesn't like it. She tells people how fat she is like it's normal to say. The people never speak up and I started to cry one day. She thinks I'm stupid and useless because I don't go to school anymore. I have really bad social anxiety she doesn't understand. My mom has gone to therapy but she likes it for the attention and will talk about how sad she is to other people. Like wtf I hate it so much. While she makes everyone around her sad. She dates horrible men.

I know it's strange to put this out in the open to a bunch of strangers, but I've never actually said this to my mother or anyone and I don't really have a friend to go to so this is all I thought about as an option... When I was 13, mys sister told me her and I were molested when we were younger by a family member. I was three and she was five. But she said it only happened to me once. Idk ever since she said that, it would always bother me. I wasn't sure to believe her but at the same time, it explained a lot about me. I would always freak out whenever a boy would touch me, so I never dated. And this one is really weird but I would have nightmares and they would be sexual related. She had me promise not to tell my parents that I knew, but it was bothering me so much one day I just went to them and asked if it was true, and they confirmed that it was. They said they were planning to tell me one day when I turned 18. And they didn't know how I remembered cause I was so young but I don't really. So, should I still be upset over this even though it so long ago and only happened once, I'm not gonna lie, I think about it a lot now. But I feel so guilty because my sister had it worse and she DOES remember and there are so many people and children that suffer or have suffered way worse of that type of abuse. There's nothing to worry about now because he died years ago, so is it normal to still think about it and feel upset or should I just let it go..?

I've suffered physical abuse and emotional since the age of 5. My father has threw me on the wall at the age of 6 due to a lie and cracked open my head. I've had nasty stitches and often hear an occasional 'how did that happen?" from barbers. I've been called 'ugly' 'useless' 'fat' 'failure' and piece of ****. I've had beatings from wooden rods to flour sifters. Im 14 now. I live in a family of 7 (5 younger sisters, age 9, 6, 5 and 2) and do not know what to do. I can never call my father 'dad' or anything you address yours'. My mother is someone who stays home and does chores all day, and takes her uanessacry fatique on me. I can't call the Child care services or anything, my 4 younger sisters would be in despair. I really don't know what to do. Today my mom called my father about something stupid and now tonight he's coming home from work and going to beat me. Please, answer me before that, so i have something to think about through the pain. Im sorry for the title, it really is. Really, it should ask 'What should I think about all of this?'

So my mom kneed my 5 yo sister in the back of the leg makes her cry to my dad saying she hates her life because apparently she was moving around trying to hit my mom so my mom says ig that gives her a reason to hit her in the back of the leg that can easily leave marks or pain while walking? No it doesnt. Then a few min later sjes braiding her hair tthn yanks her neck pretty bad because shes to busy crying on my dads stomach so she cries more my dad starts going off on her for a min then he tries reenacting it starts laughing so im in my bed already mad about all of it an that set me off i call out my mom and dad saying do you think this is funny? Shes crying and mom keeps hurting her amd you dont say or do anything about it? And maybe a hour before she sees what i got for my bday and didnt know and started yelling it but my dad grabs her my her arm yanks it and says its justins present goes to my mom crying and mom doesnt do anything. Shes already kind of scared saying some things like if she wants something she will hold her hands and say she wants that in a sarcastic way while laughing. My mom expects me to stay in my room and keep my mouth shut an let this happen. What do you guys think? Is this abuse? My mom says there has to be marks for it to be abuse?

I am 22 and my brother is 28. When we were younger (I was 7), my older brother raped and molested me. I have surpressed this almost my entire life until I finally developed the courage to tell my mom. When I finally told at 15 years old, my mom had a nonchalant attitude about the entire situation and ultimately took my brothers side by telling my other siblings and convincing them to feel sorry for him. Since then, my mom has consistently brought my brother around me. I have told her on numerous occasions that I have not forgiven him and I do not want to be around him because I am uncomfortable when he is around. My mom constantly talks about my brother to me and around me as if he is a good person. I never respond and when I do, I tell her I do not want to hear about him. When I say this she gets upset and starts acting odd towards me. Everytime I try to talk about the way I feel she stays quiet and doesn't respond. When I say something about my brother she immediately tries to cover for him and makes it seem as if he does no wrong. She constantly disregards my wishes to not see him and takes me over his house when we ride together in the same car, and has him over our house. I am moving out and going to Law School next fall. Does it seem like my mom is taking my brothers side? Is she wrong for what she is doing? I am extremely depressed and beginning to resent her for allowing him to get away with this.

My whole family has always gotten the bad luck. There's my mom's side, with mental illness, alcoholicism and substance abuse, and my dad's, with people who lie and manipulate others to get what they want. It's beginning to be the same way with me and my siblings. My niece lives in a filthy apartment with 2 neglectful parents, the other I haven't seen in years is pregnant with the dad being a heroin addict. None of us have graduated. I can tell my parents are hurting everyday. I'm almost 20 w/ no diploma, still living at home with no friends or even someone to talk to. That's how it's been my whole life. I get people staring at me at work, or look at me in a confused way when I talk, as if I'm speaking a different language. I come home and I just start crying. Sometimes for a few minutes, some hours. Call it a cry for help or me trying to get a pity party, but I don't see things changing anytime soon. I've tried, many times. But this worth staying around for, I mean....is it really?

He grounded me for a day, I asked if I could go swimming, and he yelled, "NO YOU ARE ******* GROUNDED" and then slapped me twice.

He can't see how I live

My mother and I had a huge argument which lead to a big scene, and it made my father to file a restraining order on her. By that, it led me to temporarily stay with him until next year September 18th. I feel bad about what happened with my mom and I want to see her again when that time comes, but I feel like my father will keep me away from seeing her because he believes she's not the best fit mother for me. But I believe its for the best interest for the child. That year of 2018 ill be turning 17, and next year 18, where I'm looking forward to college. I would not be pleased with going away for college and on to my career before spending the last stages of Adolescence years with my mother. PLZ HELP can my father stop me from seeing her because he's the parent as well? If so, wouldn't that damage the relationship between me and him? I haven't told him about it yet because I thought it'd be way to early and I'm thinking that he wouldn't be understanding that time. I mean, well, honestly, my grandmother (his mom) passed away yesterday and perhaps he might be willing, but idk I'm strongly confused!!! PLZ HELP.

My mom is a big attention seeker. Sometimes she talks loud just so people could hear her. When where in the car she blast her music so loud and makes sure the Windows are down just so people could know what she's listening to and watch her dance. I'm not like that I'm more private and only enjoy getting attention from people I "actually know" instead of "strangers"! I get so embarrassed when I'm around her sometimes. It's just not cool to be with your parents with them acting a mess lol😂..is this bad? I love my mom and do enjoy some moments with her but I can't help but to be so annoyed and embarrassed by her..help?

My sister is known to be liar but although there is no evidence of this, the counselors she had been seeing, believe it is true. At her young age she has watched all episodes of Law and Orders SVU. A show in which they describe in detail what happens in these situations. I always told my mother not to let her watch them but she always thought she didn't know what was going on. Is it possible that she is fabricating everything? Also how accurate would a lie detector test be?

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Shes an absaloute ****. Whenever my **** of a father is around she purposely piggybacks his mind and says every little **** i did. She ******* always takes me for granted and never gives a **** about my contribution to the house. just a joke kids

I've known since I was 14 that he has been unfaithful to her. I'm 16 now. It's been various women. It's been eating me up inside ever since. One day he started becoming protective of his phone and his laptop etc. So me, being the curious 14-year-old that I am, snooped around to see why. He complains that we have no money when his salary is tens of thousands of dollars above the average American pay, and they live just comfortably. I learned by going through his chat accounts, his phone, his laptop and stuff when he isn't there. I don't know why I keep looking through them because it hurts me so much too. He says they're always on his mind and he spends a lot money on them with hesitation - even plans to meet up with them. Recently I've seen chats of him planning to travel to BRAZIL just for one of them. It disgusts me and I have never been able to look at him the same since. Even my behavior towards him - I can't control it. I see myself disrespect him and I don't want to, but I can't bring myself to subordination. My cousins speak so highly of him - his generosity - how he paid for their tuitions for school, how he gets them jobs. Should I confront him about it? I don't want to tear my family apart because we're dependent on him too. He pays for most of the expenses in the house. I want my siblings to get into a good school like I have. (Not trying to brag, just trying to further emphasize how much power he has) I have no idea what to do. Someone please help me.

She gets mad very, very easily and usually blows small situations out of proportion and ends up saying something very hurtful (calling me names, saying stuff like "why did I waste my life raising you", etc.). We fight so much that I'm afraid to ever speak my mind, in case I make her mad. However, she can be very loving and amazing when she's not mad or stressed about something. Is that abusive behaviour??

I just finished eating breakfast with my dad and a minute later he got up and went down in the basement. He said he was going outside but when i went down to ask if he wanted to finish my food because i was full, he was in the bathroom with the door closed jacking off. I m so grossed out i can t even explain. and the worst part is that i feel like it s always after talking to me. I hate this. Someone tell me if i m just paranoid or if this is something i should be genuinely concerned about.

I am 16, and my divorced mom's wedding is today. I am very mad at her, because of many things, including that she moved in and made me move in before I even knew the names of his 4 young and noisy children, which is very hard because of my sensory processing disorder. She also regularly treats me far worse than any of the kids, and acts like I am just in the way. She is absolutely devastated that I do not want to go, and it seems that she is manipulating me (making jokes that I am no longer in the family, telling me I am selfish until I agree, etc.). The only reason I would even consider going is because I am worried she will punish me if I do not go, and maybe this is a bit selfish, but honestly, I want my entire family to know the extent of what she has done to me and what I am feeling. The wedding is in small-town Kansas, and there is family coming in from all over who have no idea what I have gone through. I also feel bad because my mother has expressed that it would be the worst day of her life if I didn't go, which I really don't want. She also has been very angry and talking to me like I am a horrible person. I have to make up my mind in 3 hours. Please, help me out.

My sister asked me for money today through text. She asked me the end of last year for 200.00 and I told her to pay me back when she can. She got her taxes and claimed 3 kids so she got several grand back. I never heard from her. She knows that my husband saves his enlistment bonus from being in the Navy so we have money in the bank. My brother had asked me for 100.00 a week after she did last year and he didnt pay me back either. I'm assuming its because they know I dont need it. It's the principle that matters here. How can they say they are embarrassed to ask me for money but are not embarrassed to not pay me back? So this time she says they will send her an eviction notice if she doesnt pay a grand tomorrow. I told her she still owes me from last time. She says I can "put the conditions down" as far as her paying me back. I told her me and mom and brother should all pitch in. She says they dont have money either. I think her making a move from out of state to a mediocre job when she has 3 kids (young mom) was never a good idea. She had a good job before. She took the new job because my brother is a manager in a different branch and told her she can advance but for now it might be crappy pay. She said "well like I said, if you cant, you cant." And I said, "okay." Should I? Would you? When will she learn? And why did she wait til today, the day before she needs to pay? I am afraid of being judged by the family for being so cold hearted especially when I have money.

My fiancé is perfect to me in almost every way except his family is terrible to me. His grandma says terrible things like I am a spoiled brat and she rolls her eyes when ever I am mentioned. His mother agrees with his grandma about me as well. Recently he had his graduation party and his father made a board full of pictures from my fiancés life and didn't include one picture of us. I have never done anything to his family and I try ignoring them, but since we will be married soon I have to put up with them. What should I do to deal with this rude treatment for no reason?

My son and his girlfriend broke up a few months ago. I don't know all the details but it seems like she wanted to get married while my son didn't. They dated for 2 years. We all loved her. Before this... she always was a very nice person and made my son happy. She and I became close. After they split, she and i spoke a few time, and I tried to explain that some people take longer to get married, for instance, I dated my husband for 10 years before we got married. I don't know how things escalated, but I know she has been harrassing my son. Calling nonstop. Crying. I feel bad for her, but at the same time, I think she is being over the top. In the beginning I used to be able to calm her down, but eventually, she started to accuse my son of using her, and at some point she even said that "she doesnt use people because she was raised the right way to not be a bad person", I told her that my son is not a bad person and he was raised right, she just... became so irrational and has said a lot of hurtful things like that one example above. I don't know how to feel about this. I try not to hold resentment on people, and in the beginning of her crying spells I used to try to understand that she was upset... but like I told her, I dont think anyone would be dating for 2 years unless there's love (she disagrees, of course), and i am not sure of what's going to happen, but... if he happens to want to work things out with her... would you be mad if you were in a similar situation?

My highschool reunion is next month and it is causing me a problem. I really want to go but my husband does not want me to go because he knows my ex husband might be there. We were in the same class. He does not want me to have anything to do with my ex husband Bill. I told my husband to come with me and be with me all the time. That way he would see that I didn't do anything with Bill. He said he does not want to go with me as he knows people will compare him to Bill and he will come out the looser. I had almost decided not to go to my reunion and I sent an email to Bill telling him I would not be there and why. Bill sent me an email back that blew me away. He said "I know how much you want to go and I don't want to cause you any problems with your marriage so I will not go". "Enjoy the reunion". Wow. My ex is being a nice guy and my husband is being a jerk. Should I just tell my husband I am going to the reunion and my ex will not be there and my current husband can come with me or stay home, what ever he wants to do? Please give me some advice on what I should do.

He's going into sixth grade next year, and last year sucked. My mom said kids either ignore him or are rude to him (idk what caused them to be rude). As a result, he's usually rude and wants to be alone all the time. I had a tough time in 6-7th grade cuz of anxiety and loneliness. If I learned anything from that, it's that my parent's insensitivity gave me unneeded scars. My brother and I are both sensitive and my parents don't get that. So their response to my brothers attitude is usually bad. What's bothered me this summer is that my mom signed my brother up for this summer camp. Everyday my brother complained about not wanting to go because the kids annoyed him. Sometimes she let him sit home. When he did, he spent the whole day sitting on his phone. It got me wondering, what would be best for his happiness? I know he may need time to himself to try to clean up his attitude (this is what I'm doing this summer and I'm happy asf), but I feel like it'll hurt him to be on his phone. This last year sucked for me and I'm healing. I'm also being productive and I feel like he's not. I'm not trying to sound critical but when I was having a hard time, I figured out why, set a goal, and worked for it. I feel like him being on the phone is pushing it away for a bit. But my family is not giving him space so it may be good? Ik it's not my place to step in but I want to help since I feel like I'm the only one empathetic enough to help him; plus, I'm sick of all the arguments that arise.

For example they hate my aunt (my Mom's sister). So when I see this aunt they say I am doing it just to prove something to my parents who hate her. That is not at all why I do it. I see her because she is family and has kids my age (adult kids). I went to a funeral yesterday and my parents claim I went just because this toxic aunt was there. Actually the toxic aunt was not there and I went because I knew the deceased person and her children who are my age. So how do I get my parents to see this stuff? They attempt to hold me back from doing things and yet I am 32 years old and living independently. My parents mean well but they are blind to why I do what I do. I have a history of anxiety and ADHD so socially I am a little off the loop sometimes.

Doesn't everyone beat up the more siblings because there annoying ans ****. Like literally if my parents weren't here to stop me I would have probably killed her because she's just that annoying.

Would you go to a 4 year college and be in debt after you get your bachelors degree making 60k-120k a year? or would you take up a job offer with discovery channel that pay's up t0 200k a year? the catch is you must travel every 3 months around the world What would you do????? say you are 26

So my boyfriend would become my sisters brother in law and I was wondering what relation she would have to my boyfriends niece and nephews. I can't think how she would be related to them and would I then become his nephews and nieces aunt? I'm so confused about how me and my sister would become related to my boyfriends niece and nephews. Someone help please

So, I'm on my period, and my brother wants to go swimming, and I told him what was going on, and he seemed understanding, which makes me feel guilty. He's the best brother ever and I really want to make him happy, but I can't. I never wore a tampon, and my cramps are horrible, so I really can't go. Do you think he's mad or disappointed? What can I do to repay him?

i'm 20, currently living at home after taking a year off university but i'm in the process of going back in the fall. my parents were usually pretty lenient with me living at home as long as i'm working a job. i work roughly 30-38 hours a week so i can pay for my own expenses (gas, phone, food, etc) my parents do not approve of my sexuality (i am a gay male) and it's been known since i came out to them when i was 15. since summer started, i began spending time with a boy and we have gotten very close. at first, my parents didn't mind but when i would spend the night at his house without telling them where i was, they got very upset & became more strict. things became "official" with this boy about a week ago & i thought the mature & respectful thing to do would be to tell my parents & be open & honest so i wouldn't have any secrets to hide. they got very upset & are now no longer allowing me to drive anywhere myself, go out anywhere besides work & telling me "what i'm doing is a sin & causing them heartache." i let my boyfriend know of my situation. he claims he is patient & just wants things to get better for me. i'm so worried that this will eventually get in the way of things. since being "punished" i've already had him pick me up from work & take me to his house for the night. the whole situation is causing me so much anxiety because i really like this guy but i also think my parents are being WAY stop harsh on a 20 year old who will be 21 in a couple months. any advice??

Is it wrong for me to tell my son father he can only get him during the weekend. My son is 3 months old, he wants to share him weekly. But I feel like that would be confusing for him.

im 16 and I'm already having the worst week and to top it off i lost the car key i checked everywhere the car the house the couch my bed even rooms I've not been in yet I'm constantly getting yelled at by my mom and dad getting called hurtful names as if i wasn't feeling like crap already why am i so cursed i have the worst luck in the universe i seriously don't know where else i can look I've literally checked everywhere I've been like 9000 times i just want to die i feel so worthless i don't know what to tell my parents

He's been having blood in his urine for some time now but he lives in a foreign country so it's hard to get a very clear reason for this. But the symptoms (the persistent blood peeing and it not hurting) seems to be pointing at cancer. So he's going to Korea in two weeks. But I'm so angry and sad because he doesn't live with us and there's nothing I can do about it. And my dad doesn't seem to be doing anything (not that he can do anything) until he's getting to Korea. So this anger and sadness and anxiety is like sweeping all over me and my mother's telling me to just try to not think about it and study (because I'm struggling in school) and that's what's helping him and this further just angers me even though she is correct. And I'm also worried for my father but also for myself because my family has been so dependent on him financially and my brother and I have private school tuition and college tuition to rely on my parents for. And this makes me feel guilty for being selfish when my dad's the one's that's actually going through everything. I guess my question is what should I do? What can I do? I hear all these stories of people dying left and right because of cancer and even though there isn't any medical assertion that says he has cancer and he's dying, something inside me is telling me that he's going to die and there's nothing I can do about. I don't even have the courage to call him because I'm going to end up crying and I feel like that would worsen everything I guess this was more of a rant because I have nobody to talk to this about. Any sort of advice, accounts, experiences, I'd love to hear.

Male 20... not to sound whiny but people tell me I'm wrong, just want to settle this... I lived with her all my life, but I always felt she never wanted me because I was a boy .. she would always give my 2 older sisters more attention than me I didn't care much but I noticed, I am the youngest, she has family her mom (my grandmother) her sisters (aunts), nieces and nephews (cousins) in another country who she gives more thought than me, she'd always send every bit of money she had that way instead of getting me school supplies, as I got older she attempted to be closer with me but the loves gone she was never motherly, I have this neighbor who used to live beside us she has 3 kids as well, she was always kind to me, she'd talk to Me, I'd tell her my problems she'd listen and give me her opinion, reaching into my adulthood now, I love this woman dearly even though she moved away 8 years ago I would always visit her, my sisters say that I'm wrong for loving a woman who's been a motherly figure to me more than my biological one, so am I wrong? I don't hate her at all but saying I loved ny bio mom doesn't sound right

Could it be confirmation bias since my step-father is a Republican who watches only Fox News and nothing else?

My sister broke her phone last night when she was out with friends, so our mum is forcing me to give my phone to my her until she gets a new one. His happened like 2/3 years ago when my sister's laptop broke and I was forced to give it to her until she got a new one. I wasn't allowed to use it at all. I had to do ALL school assignments by hand - even though some required on computer. My mum said if I don't give my phone to my sister, I'd be "very selfish". Should I give my phone to my sister? It's the only electronic I have since my laptop gave away a couple of weeks ago.

ok so, my fathers older brother and my mothers older brother have always hated each other. they both are the oldest in their respective families and my both my parents are the second oldest in their respective families. Anyways, my mothers older brother and my fathers older brothers wives are sisters, and they fight over little things such as who is a better son in law to their mother in law and father in law. they even literally fight over who pleases their wife more in bed. my mothers older brother is a doctor while my fathers older brother is an accountant. my mothers older brother mocks him because of this and says that he is much more successful and richer than him. this infuriates my fathers older brother and it has at times nearly led the a clash between the two, but it always gets broken up by family before it can lead to that. anyways, my question is, is this normal? for them to do these kinds of things, and is there anything i can do to help?

Sometimes she loves her nephew and is good to him also but right now she hates him. Her sister she has hated for years and is all of a sudden good to her in the past 6 months to a year. She has to hate her nephew to love her sister since her sister hates her son (my Mom's nephew). How do I get my Mom not to care who I see as I am an adult? I don't like making her mad but I also don't like being treated like I am 10 years old (I am 41). As a kid I was always used by my Mom as a pawn when she'd be fighting with someone as I'd be banned from that person.

My daughter has passed after recently moving back home. Her ex ..I'm almost positive she would want me to let him know however... he is incarcerated and she had stopped speaking with his family following a bad fall out... what in this case would be appropriate or sufficient to send home to his parents letting them know she's passed so they can pass the message along to him? Also I would be sending this with no return address or info.

Let's say you are living with your kids mother and your two kids right now . However, after all you tried things still haven't get as easy as you expected. You have made a couple of financial mistakes and cause your life to be harder. And now you become overwhelmed and thinking about moving a different state and get yourself together in different are where that will have better opportunities for them . Unfortunately, you and your kids mother are not making enough to make you and cover for he gap during your absent time. How would you settle yourself and what is the best way you would arrange yourself to move as a single man for a better opportunity somewhere else...?

I suffer from Schizophrenia which is very mild, however I sometimes experience auditory hallucinations. In particular sometimes when I try to sleep I can hear my mum calling my name, but when I get up and go to her room she is asleep. It happens quite a lot and I started not being able to ascertain whether or not she is calling my name for real or if I am hallucinating. When i told her to call my name a little less, she looked visibly upset but she agreed. I think she may have felt I just don't want to help her. She also is quite attached to me as she is a single parent and I think it's likely that she feels I am trying to distance myself from her which would upset her. I kind of feel bad for saying that to her. Was I in the wrong?

Okay so my aunt is marrying my dads brother. My moms niece is marrying my biological uncle from my dads side. So my cousin from my moms side (her niece) is marrying my uncle from my dads side. Is that incest please let me know. And if it's not incest does it disturb you. Okay as a side note I don't like to discriminate I mean do what you want if some of you guys are incest babies. Sorry. But I don't think incest is okay i think it's a little disturbing. Thanks!

Im 13 and girl my mother has threatened to kick me out, punch me and she has slapped because my little sister claimed i did so same with my older brother. My brother is 18 and he yells at me calls me a ***** all the time! He has shoved me into the wall and gave me a bruise on my back (lots of times). My older sister 16 slaps me all the time because of my brother. My little sister lies all the time and is like slave to my brother. Whenever i tell my mom sh doesn t believe me. I ve told my mom i wanna die but she doesn t believe. I just want to die, they maje my life miserable if i tell the police nothing will probably happened maybe a fine but nothing will happen. Honestly because of my family im slowly but surely going insane i never use to be like this( crazy) until my parents divorced and my brother moved back in. My mom doesn t drink nor does my brother. My mom needs help, my brother needs help and I need help before i become a sociopath or before my brother looses it more than he already has because i truly believe my brother and mom are worse than sociopaths.

I have been extranged from all family for many years due to health problems. Some of them have come looking for me for ulterior selfish motives. For about 15 years, I was estranged from my mother when I became too sick and also due to child abuse that lead to my health problems. I'm afraid of being out of place among strangers who also don't want me in their lives. I'm conflicted about attending her services. Can anyone give any good reasons for attending?

Due to health problems I was forced to isolate myself and lost all contact with family. One day (20 years later) my brother and sister-in-law came knowing at my door. I eventually figured out it s because they wanted me to get involved with my mother who was dying. I m excluded from their family. Now that my mother has passed away, can I expect they will continue to exclude me from their lives? "knocking" not "knowing"

3 stories 1. My step brother called me out when I looked down when he was talking to me, but then I caught him looking away from me. 2. My step mom got mad at me when I went into her bed room to get some toilet paper from the bathroom closet because I was out for my bathroom and she got mad at me for going into her room just to get some toilet paper WHEN THE BEDROOM DOOR WAS OPEN AND UNLOCKED from her bathroom closet. But then I caught her going into my bedroom and going through my laundry. She was TOUCHING my dirty clothes (including my boxers which could have had semon on them. No stds though) and I certainly want nobody touching my boxers other than me. 3. My step brother took my phone and hid it from me and would not tell me where it is and made me look for it (He had no good reason or excuse to do that) and so I took his phone so he would either surrender my phone and give it to me or so I could use his phone to call my phone, and he got enraged at me and ATTACKED me and I told him to give me my phone back if he wants me to give him his phone back. Him taking my phone for no good reason and then him throwing a fit at me because I was trying to use his phone so I could call mine or else he would just give me my phone back sounds like an example of hypocracy and just being a jerk and idiot. My mom says those are NOT stories of hypocracy (she isnt excusing my step brothers tho) and I think these are good examples of hypocracy. Which side you agree with? Why?

My dad always acts like this chill guy, but he was practically never in my life since he would always come at 3 am from work (or wherever) and come back at 10 am everyday. He says he works like this just for me, and My mom and dad don t love each other (well my dad says he does but thats just because he acts loving and all). I would hear them fight all the time when I was young, and sometimes I would wake up in the morning with broken photographs and walls. My mom would always talk crap about him to me but would tell me to lie and to act like a loving daughter since I was very young too, and when I was 16, I started to get to know him and blame my mom (not for long) for treating him like an animal. Now I m 18, and a couple of weeks ago i got strangled by my dad because I m the kind of person who stands up to herself, especially because my dad was pissed over something minor (like me not wanting to talk to my mom on the phone because I was busy) and the both of us were just pumped with adrenaline, and I was the one who had to tell him to cool off. He told me he would never talk to me again, same did I, but this is where were different. I don t want to talk to him anymore. He acts as if he bearly touched me and I was the one that hit him in the face (which I bearly did, I just wanted to push him off). I cried after this incident, and it s not the first time that i m victimized like this by a guy, and what s worse is that its my dad. My dad. I hate him. I was traumatized by it And now he starts getting into fights with my mom because I don't talk to him, and I don't want to talk to him and act fake and sweet but if I don't who knows what he's going to do. For all I know he might do worse. My mom now is just going to keep telling me to be a good daughter. I ******* hate him I want to leave the house, even bring my mom for the sake of the situation, but 3 things are preventing me to do that: -My parents live in the imaginary world where they gotta appreciate what they have, especially my mom. My mom loves the house and decorated it, put so much love in it and hates change. My dad is just crazy -If I leave, and I'm really the key keeping it together, what will happen to my parents? My dad? will he die or get sick cuz he thinks life (but work) is boring? -no money Am I overreacting?

My sister woke up screaming and crying she had a really bad dream. She dreamed that someone had shot me she's really scared she doesn't want to go back to sleep it's 2:00 in the morning. How can I comfort her ?

My 10 year old sister loves youtube and wont stop watching this Jake Paul guy. Whenever i watch the video shes watching its always Jake Paul doing something crazy or stupid. Whenever i ask my sister why he does such stupid things all the time she says that hes a "savage". Whats wrong with her? Should i be ashamed of her?

I am a passionate color guard performer, but my mom doesnt support me. I got a contract with a drum corp and paid the whole fine all on my own, and my mom was being a big ***** about it. Saying she paid, and making up reasons that im gonna get raped or cut open on tour. She doesnt care about money, its that she just hates me doing anytging extra. She emailed them pretending to be saying I quit which really pissed me off. And she emailed my band teacher to tell everyone not to march DCI and that was so embarrssing. I talk to her but she wont listen, idk whatto do. And my dad supports her too

Hi everyone I'd greatly appreciate advice especially some personal experience. I'm 18 just graduated high school and wanted to leave for college but decided to listen to parents and stay home for community college. Now my parents are telling I should take the semester off of school and focus on a problem THEY think I have when I have many real problems stemming from THEIR emotional abuse of my brothers and I. This last incident has pushed me over the edge. I have wanted to leave since I was 14 and now that I'm of legal age and hold 2 part time jobs (roughly $1200 per month), I really want to. My life is stagnant and depressing with my parents. I have a friend close by who lives in a 2 bedroom apartment alone and rent would be for me $400 + utilities. I would need to buy a car when I move out and currently have $7000 in savings. Regardless of where I'm living these next few months I'm going to take this semester off and work as much as I can and go to community college in the spring. It's what I want. Just looking for another point of view from people who have no biased opinions. I explained my situation as best I could with finances and all. All answers will be read and greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time

hey everybody, Recently, my family (mom) decided that we needed to move across the city that we live in for unknown reasons. we moved to a richer, more "boring" part of town. This is a huge problem because i was raised to hunt and fish, it has been instilled in me from a very young age. so now, with the moving, we are far away from everything, my past fishing and hunting spots are now 45 minutes away by car (im only 15 so driving myself isnt an option.) my father is always busy, and my mother isnt into that stuff. I am starting to go insane because im too damn bored. any advice helps, thanks.

The education & cultural stuff might differ a lot from the US since we're in Canada (and because most of the population are extended families from Asia). I'm 15 years old, my youngest brother is 9. I have another brother who's 12. My mom is OBSESSED about college, and can't go a day without talking about adult life! She even talks to my youngest brother about it, which he may not fully understand because he only finished 3rd grade. She goes on and on about our future. Whenever she sees a big house or a expensive car, she'll say, "if you work hard you'll get to the top university and youll have enough money to buy that". MOST kids would rather enjoy their time NOT having to worry about adult stuff. Once in grade 8, my teacher sent me to the school counselor. It turned out she was concerned I kept asking about college life and 19+ nightclubs/bars when I was only 13. My mom put tons of stuff I didn't understand so I became so curious. The teacher was worried I might be getting into that stuff at a young age! Also, whenever I mention my friends... she asks me to ask them about college applications and what courses to apply for. I mean, we're not even starting 10th grade yet! My other sibling is 12 and he doesn't need to stress about college either because he's going into 7th grade. Most pre-teens don't think about college. She's talked about it so much that I'm grateful that I'm still in high school. We barely talk about moving out because it's our tradition to stay home tho