Today she began hitting me when I commented about how she shouldn't rub her feet on my 5 year old sisters toys. I wanted her to be aware that she was probably going to put it in her mouth. Anyways just from a small comment she began to say I hurt her feelings and screamed and then hit me. Ofcourse I got upset ,and hit her back. I'm the older sister and I feel like she should respect me to some level I'm 23 and she is 18. She takes her meds which is good but then she'll proceed to sleep all day. Anytime I make a comment about how she should try to be positive. She becomes hostile and says that doesn't work for her. I'm stumped today she said she wishes I was dead and while I understand she was upset it's still not ok. She always puts the blame on everyone in the house saying we should be adults and listen to her every need. She is tearing this family apart. We want to help but anytime you suggest something to her she becomes upset. She doesn't work, cook, or clean. Everything is done for her what more support does she want? The least she could do was listen. I'm sorry if this is too long I just don't know what to do. We drive her to therapy but nothing is enough for her. I wish I could snap my finger and get rid of her illness but I can't. What do I do?

I don't have kids of my own but would like to get better at this because I have a lot of nieces and nephews. Examples of this are - when I am reading a book to them, they don't want me to see what is on the next page after they take a peek. - drawing with them, anything I do gets immediately covered up or written over - playing catch but it only lasts one turn because they think they tricked me into tossing them the ball and will not give it back. - tea parties where nobody shares the imaginary tea - playing dolls or toys where the theme always has to be that whatever I have is stolen and I have to figure out a way to get it back. - they are more interested in collecting all the water balloons than throwing them They always want me to play with them but a lot of times the games end abruptly because I don't want to play keep-away nor encourage it.

My mother died in November and I was waiting for the weather to get better to do her memorial and spreading her ashes. Well I was going to spread her in her home state with my grandparents. I was wondering if its acceptable to spread her ashes while im down there as its 1000 miles away and have her memorial later. Her brother is in the hospital and I thought I could do it since I'm there. I was gonna keep some of her ashes and have them in a nice box I made for her service.

Statistically, boys have higher behavioural issue rates during childhood. There are more males who commit crimes compared to females. If only one kid screws up in the family, it's more likely to be a boy.

I m in grade 8 and we re choosing our high schools right now. I applied for the international baccalaureate program and got in, which is where my parents want me to go. However, I have severe anxiety, and a program like this, is not recommended for me. I would like to go to my home school. I decided while I was at school, that I was going to my home school, which I know was a bad decision, because my parents should at least be informed of where I m going. However, now my parents are refusing to sign my form, and if I don t hand it in by tomorrow, I won t be able to go to my home school, and will be forced to go to I.B. My parents have said multiple times, before I decided, that they would support me no matter what decision I made, however now, they ve said they should have just choosen for me, and I m only going to my home high school to be with my friends. Currently I m in extended french, and don t want tyo continue with that next year.

My mom is only 49 and my dad 59. They're divorced but depends on me for everything. I have 4 other siblings. I'm 27 with no kids and hardly a life. My sister dumped my nephew on me and left when I was 18 I had to work three jobs to support us. Now I'm just graduating college. I haven't had time to date or live because I've been taking care of others. I live with my Dad and cook, clean and everything he expects me to and get mad when I don't for one day ( I pay bills) my mom wants me to buy a house do she can stay with me. She doesn't work and hasn't since I was a kid. My sisters are constantly needing help with their kids. I'm just tired. I've been putting everyone before me. I hate the state I'm in. I really want to move back to where I'm originally from, start dating and start over. I ran this by my parents and family. They were upset saying I would be bad to leave my dad by himself, my mom doesn't like it and everyone says I won't make it and calls me selfish.. any advice on a hat to do because I'm about to have a mental breakdown

I m gunna try to make this short soo..my mom and my so called " stepdad " have recently split due to the fact they can t get along welllll about 2 years ago he started sexually abusing me and I hid it from everyone he has 4 kids with my mom (3 boys , 1 girl ) all under 11 I m 16yrs old and he told me he did it because I m a women now the youngest is sooo attached to him N I d feel horrible if I was the reason he doesn t have a dad . somebody anybody give me SOME type advice . PLEASE AND THANK YOU!

I got mad two years ago and hit her with a rolled up newspaper. Then she grabbed me by my neck and shoved me down to the ground, I couldn't breath because she had her knee on the side of my stomach. I was screaming for help, my grandma couldn't help because she was scared. Then my mom threw me on the coach and was choking me really hard like I was seeing blurry I thought I was going to die from the lack from oxygen. Then again today she put me in a choke hold cause she didn't wan't me to leave the house, help I can't deal with this. My mom hits my grandma to she sprays her in the face with roach spray, slaps, pushes, even pulling hair slamming my grandmas head into the cement. Please help I can't deal with this.

My family is being investigated on whether or not my mom is abusing me. My mom is abusing me and my other family members are not going to tell the truth. There is no evidence since they're cleaning the house. I am afraid I'll be seen as a liar.

Hey, my name is Jake and I am 14 years old. I get in trouble at school a bit and I get in trouble at home by my mom, or I just get yelled at by her. My friends' parents don't punish them when they get in trouble at school and I think it's dumb that I do. I wish my mom was like their mom. I am tired of trying to live up to my mom's expectations that I am this good kid that shouldn't get in trouble because that's not who I am. I know right from wrong, but I just choose to do wrong and that's how I want to live my life. Lately, I've been getting to the point where I just don't care about getting in trouble at home and/or school. I don't really care about my future and I wish that my mom didn't care SO much. I have just been doing things without thinking lately and I think I should be able to do what I want. I am sick of people like my mom trying to control me and my life. What do you guys think?

Anytime I get into something good like the spelling bee they are like oh you can't do that you are stupid and you can't spell. When ever I do something and my parents don't think of it as good they yell at me for no reason and that makes me cry then they yell at me for crying and say stop crying like a baby. They don't listen and try to understand me they just sit there and call me stupid. Once my mother said I should be in the ESE because I was crying because I was stressed and frustrated over homework and when I get frustrated or stressed or anxiety I begin to break down and cry. Please help me

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im a 14 year old girl and the youngest in my family. it feels like my parents dont love me. ive been feeling very depressed for a while and i used to cut and when my mom found out she screamed at me and called me an embarrassment. she calls me an embarrassment for a lot of different reasons. i dont get good grades in school no matter how hard i try and she makes me feel like **** for it. i used to be underweight and i had regular eating habits but then my family started commenting on how much i eat and how i had stretch marks on my legs. my parents always comment on my weight and say i need to watch what i eatt. i gained a lot of weight since then. once, i had to wear a dress for a choir concert in the car going home my mom said how all my friends look so skinny and asked me if i wanted to buy a treadmill. they dont let me do anything! they dont let me go on bike rides, they dont let me hang out with my friends, and they yell at me for just wanting to sleep all the time. what did i do to deserve all this? why cant i have parents that actually want to help me and not just yell at me when i get sad? why cant i have parents that are more understanding? why am i so worthless? ive been trying to deny it but recently ive noticed how right they are. i am an embarrassment. im fat. they were right. why does it hurt so much? is it my fault? they never say i love you anymore. they are quick to throw the blame onto me. they are not like this with my other siblings, so what did i do?

We just got out of a huge argument about me not respecting her and being compassionate. I said I was sorry and hugged her. We went inside and tried to like laugh it off I guess. And we both just went to our rooms. How do I break the awkwardness it's just so blegh.

I live an extremely chaotic life where it is impossible to focus on work, school, passions/hobbies, relationships, etc. My daily life is like the tv show "Shameless" - constant emergencies and inexplicable situations happen to me every day- no one can relate to me. We deal with police, CPS, psychiatrists, firefighters, emergency rooms, and other emergency workers on a regular basis. There is never a normal day in my house... never a time when I'm not under extreme stress beyond what normal people go through...never any peace and quiet, always have to worry about life and death situations. I don't want to leave my family in this situation, but it is really hard for me to cope as the only "normal" person who is trying to take care of everyone else. What would you do?

Since our college aged daughter was young, my wife and I have raised her to let men off elevators before herself despite the well-known "ladies first" rule. My wife herself also lets men off elevators first which I appreciate in her even though it goes against the common custom. However, just as my wife has made men uncomfortable, my daughter apparently gets that same bad reaction when she's not with us. She just had a date and a job interview. When the boy who took her out let her off the elevator first in the parking garage to their dinner restaurant, she declined until he went. He hasn't asked her out again despite her saying the date otherwise went very well. She did the same to the guy interviewing her for the job during the elevator ride up in the office building, and she didn't get the job despite giving excellent answers during the actual interview. Other than this habit we taught her, our daughter is a sweet, caring young lady and we are proud of her and love her unconditionally. Were we wrong to raise our daughter to let men off elevators before herself as the lady? Why or why not?

I am anxious a lot and have relationship anxiety and so my Dad seems to think I am obsessed with seeing family. To some degree he is right but as long we are invited there is nothing inappropriate about it and I get great joy from it. I was bullied all through school so family and extended family is my only safe social network. I am learning disabled and anxiety ridden so uncomfortable elsewhere. I also might have some mild autism. So how do I get my Dad to stop keeping me in the dark when family invites us to things like baptisms or graduation parties? Family is not a priority for him which is fine but he still needs to tell me. Obviously some invites are just for people his age but most are for the whole family. He especially does it when it is my Mom's side of the family inviting us as she has died and he is not real close so Christmas is the only time of the year he accepts.

Im 18 going to be 19 in april an i was planning on moving out of my parents house an living with my best friend an her parents in kansas. I live in california an i dont want to live with my parents anymore so will this be legal??? I will not have anything no social security card or anything an i can already tell my parents will say no to me moving out all the way to kansas so i was gonna sneak out an go with my best friend anyway so will this be ok?!? My friend says it would cuz im legal age ill be 19 by the time this happens

She's almost 16 and it doesn't effect daily life, but remembers it vividly. In fact remembers 7th grade more than any other year due to those memories. Every little thing sticks out. To this day, she is learning why she reacted a certain way, what the issues were, and how to spot signs of abuse.