I'm 21 my parents refuse to let me go anywhere they are physically and emotionally abusive I'm not allowed out of my room except to eat dinner when my dad isn't home because if he sees me he will hurt me. They claim I'm mentally challenged and have every one believing that I'm crazy. They have hospitalized me for "mental problems" and their ultimate goal is to permanently send me to one of those places. I don't know how to get out I have nothing and I'm scared I just want to live my life like everyone else. What should I do?

I'm a fourteen year old girl and my family can be very sexist. I live with my mom and my brother and don't get me wrong, I love them holy ****, I can't stand them. My mom basically ignores the fact that my brother is fully capable of doing **** for himself. She's always making me do everything in the house. And whenever I miss one thing, she's like "you never do anything in the house" What the actual ****? Huh? She'd tell my brother to do something and he'll say he'll do it later and then he doesn't. So then, she makes me do it and doesn't even say anything to him. AND HE GETS AWAY WITH SO MUCH ****. He's a year older than me but he's actually ******* unless and it's my mom's fault because she babies him and does everything for him or gets someone to do it for him (me). When ever he's gone, the house is way cleaner. He's such a ******* slob. I caught him once, kicking a grape under the couch because he was too lazy to throw it away. What the ****?He makes a mess all the time when my mom sees it, she yells at both of us. I get good grades, I don't talk back like he does, I'm not a ******* stoner, and I do the **** she tells me to do but he's her favorite kid. It's so obvious and she denies it and it gets me upset because I don't ******* get why. And her excuse her this "oh, you're a woman...I tell you to do the womanly things" Really? You can't be ******* serious. Welp, at least I'm prepared to take care of myself in college.

My mom won't talk to me and I've been really depressed. She won't answer my calls. How do i get her to talk to me or answer?

I am going to make this as brief as possible. My younger brother (he's 14 im 18) is verbally abusive to my family and physically abusive to me. I am much stronger then he is and i can easily block and take most his attacks. The real problem is that my parents don't want me to hurt him at all, even in self defense. Whenever he attacks me i am expected to suck it up and move on, which is mentally and physically VERY hard for me to do. I believe that if he is allowed to do whatever he wants without punishment he will be a brat for the rest of his life and probably piss off the wrong people. I think my parents (bless them) just don't want him getting hurt, but don't understand that in the real world the things he says and does are going to get him in serious trouble. Talking to him doesn't work, that is what i have been doing the past 2 years and he is irrational to the point that if you say something he doesn't like he will simply scream until you leave. He also has screamed the few times i have fought back, which gets my parents attention and creates a **** show. I don't know what to do, im sure I've left out some crucial details so please ask questions in the comments. Any suggestions are appreciated.

LIving with my mom can be really frustrating sometimes. I love her a lot but we don't always get along. Her issue with me is that I don't help clean. Recently, I went to stay with my dad after she got mad at me for asking questions while putting away the groceries. She believed that I didn't want to do it, and that it didn't matter that I wasn't being disrespectful; I shouldn't ask her questions that I "already know the answer to." It blew up into an argument and ended with her screaming at me. She explained that it was because her stress level was already at a 9 from other things and I pushed her to a 10. Though I didn't believe this was my fault, I came back home and decided to help out more, because honestly, I've never really helped around the house.Still, my mom seems unsatisfied. Today, as I was cooking, I told her I want to help more so she's not stressed and asked if she could communicate better with me. For example, I came home tired one night and offered to clean the kitchen. She said I could wash the dishes and sweep the floor. It turns out she wanted me to sweep all the floors, though she only told me to sweep the floor. She then used this as an example of how I don't listen to her, but in reality we just weren't communicating well. When I aksed her to explaing things more. she told me that I'm not 2. She will not hold hand and baby me and, "Do what I tell you to do and stop making excuses." Is asking for better communication really asking for too much?

the following dilemma: Three boys, who are getting to the point where relationships with girls are starting, and continuing on. They need to know the truth about the female mind, and they need to take inventory of who they are and what is important to them. At what age will it be alright to tell them that given what I know now, and in retrospection, I would do things very differently. To the point where it becomes evident that I am saying that I would not have married their mother (meaning they wouldn't exist).

my respect! That stupid b**** hated my guts and I hated her guts! If you want my respect, you have to earn it. Popping out babies doesn't mean you deserve respect. To hell with you, Mommy Dearest!

Ever since I was little, I was a daddy's girl. We didn't have much and we used to live in a messy apartment with little food but my dad would always try to do his best. My mother wasn't never really there. She was emotionally abusive to me and my dad. I remember him constantly asking me and my mom if we had enough to eat while he would go days without any and would work extra shifts for money. I remember him promising that everything would be okay and that he would always love me. Years later, even though things got better, my mom and dad separated. I'm about to go to college but I'm worried about my dad. He's never been 'macho built' but he's so thin and he doesn't even eat anymore. I caught him smoking and I found bags of heroin and bottles of alcohol. He seems extremely depressed but every time I bring it up he just starts making all kinds of jokes and says that I shouldn't be worried because he's fine. I caught him crying one night and when I went to him, he just started acting all happy and saying that he wasn't crying and he started making jokes again. He's a little moody lately. What should I do?

My 8y/o has been exhibiting signs of sexual abuse and has insinuated that he'd been subject to sexual abuse but he's not addressing outright. We've already contacted officials and the appropriate channels but he is behaving very jumpy and fidgety and refuses to let anyone touch him. It's gotten worst since the police and therapist got involved, he's quite clearly shutting down. My only concern is that they intend to begin a rape kit within the hour and I'm freaking out a little because I know he's not going to cooperate. But I'm not sure what to expect in that regard. The dr. basically keeps saying that they have experience and will handle everything and not to worry. But naturally, I'm worried. Does anyone know how this goes with a kid who is lashing out and doesnt want to be touched. This whole week has been a nightmare tbh. I'm at my wits end, I dont understand how this happened. Sorry if I'm ranting.

I'm worried that somehow my baby's dad will not have to pay child support.

I know somebody who makes around 20k a year as a pre k teacher. Her parents probably makes around 500k a year as a doctor and a lawyer.

So my dad is 49 and has worked as a janitor for a school district for the past 16 years. He's had a gambling problem all of his life and has struggled with it. Recently, he's been texting almost on a daily basis saying "I'm not working today. Can you meet me at my house. I need a favor..."- Meaning he's going to beg me for money... The problem is that he's taken off work 14 times in 32 days... Who can take off work 14 times in one month? That's 2 weeks of work! He took off today as well. I work the night shift, so he's always calling me during the day. Due to the fact that he's been begging me for money more than usual lately, and the fact that he's missed work 14 times (Not even including his "Half day" work days...), I believe he is unemployed. If he is, he's going to be broke soon, and will put all of this on me. Just what I need. Any advice?

I'm in high school and i need to take care of my 60 year old mom and dad and have no way of financial support after they retire besides their pension plans. I am the oldest and have 4 younger siblings that will have to depend on me

My uncle has severe dementia and despite us trying to help. Everyone has gotten pretty fed up and overwhelmed and frankly felt in-over-their-heads and agrees that he need to be in a facility that can properly care for him. Everyone except my youngest brother who is taking it personally and feels like we'd be throwing him to the wolves. My grandparents and the rest of the family are so worried about how hurt he'll be if we admitted him to a facility. Instead, to prove a point I guess, they have tasked Brandon with taking care of him. And being the stubborn person he is, he is pretending like he's handling it fine and that it's a walk in the park when in reality, our uncle can be very cruel and aggressive/abusive sometimes and that's 10 times worst now. My brother has quite obviously been tolerating physical abuse from my uncle and I'm not sure what to do. He's 18 years old and free to care for our uncle if he wants but I'm genuinely worried about both of their health and safety. Whenever I confront him about it, he plays it off as no big deal. Mainly, I believe, because he doesn't want to be wrong and admit that our uncle need care that we arent equipt to offer. Any advice on what I should do? More specifically, my brother currently has bruises on his neck like he's been choked. A decent burn on his arm and other bruises on his face and body. I'm not the only who notices but I seem to be the only who cares. My grandfather is his next of kin and also one of my brother's legal guardians. The whole family is aware of the situation and are letting it continue to avoid conflict with my brother in order to "keep the peace"

Do you agree that there are certain people who just need to be locked out of the way during a crisis, say for a twenty minuet timeout? By far, my father by far the worst. If he came home drunk, that often meant the next morning he had to wake the entire house and the neighbors because he lost his keys. He would turn over furniture, and so on. Often I got beaten for "backtalk" because I suggested he left them in his truck (and that is often what he did). He would go so far as to accuse me of hiding them, take off his belt and give me a major beating. I am 53, and my brother is 49. Our father had been dead over ten years. My brother still does the same thing if his toilet wont flush, or the sink drips, etc. He just cannot be calm and fix things. He has to panic, and wake the neighbors. The best part is this; my brother is a mental health professional. micro crisis

I know somebody who teaches Pre-K. Her dad is a doctor and her mom is a lawyer. She is working class.

Is it dangerous and can you die?

I take care of my grandma 3 times a week. I dont live with her. My parents help her one day a week. All I do is help them clean when they ask me to go over there. Tired of it. Now my dad is mad at me and hasn't texted me for a week? What should I do?

I was raised by my dad. As a kid, I had holidays with my mom for 2 weeks per year. Some years there were no holidays. We reconnected when I was a teen and I'm now 42. My dad died 4 years ago and I inherited a small amount of money. My mom spent 2 years convincing me to buy a house in her small country town so she could be close to me and my kids. I did end up buying a house here, it's a very old house and needs repairs which I can't afford. After about 6 weeks of moving here, my mother told my kids she hates them and she told me she only wanted to spend time with me without my kids, she moved 6 hours away and left me in a town with no family support. I have been living here for 3 years and haven't made one friend. I feel abandoned by my mother! Why beg me to move here for two years, and promise to help me look after my kids so I can go to work. She made so many promises, like, she was going to help me plant gardens, look after my kids so I can work, do things as a family together etc. why promise all that but move away after 6 weeks? She moved 6 hours away and told me she moved so far away because she can't stand my children. She tells me all the time how she can't stand my kids, I phone her daily because I've got no one else to talk to.

I usually wear more revealing clothes which he likes but I'm gonna tone it down. She knows I'm three years older than him. I was kinda nervous about us being interracial but he said mom doesn't care. He's a white Mexican I'm asian. I think he's really the one he waited for me through my last relationship he's sweet but I'm nervous. I wanna impress. I don't usually dress conservative

I made the offer but did not hear back from him. Does it mean I am still disloyal like when I was a kid and my Mom didn't let me see her family? Or does it mean they do not like me and do not want to associate with me? Am I still bad like I was as a child? How do I know? I am cursed by a sin my mother made when she pulled away from her family and used me as a pawn to make a statement. I want to overcome this generational curse she gave me. The relative was a 1st cousin who was here staying with his mother.

is mother's intution always right? My mom thinks something is off about him and she's never liked him. every time he's over the house i can tell she feels forced to talk to him. My dad doesn't really like him either. my mom however said it's something not right about him aside from the fact that he has 3 kids by two women. he is living with his grandmother and mom and he just enrolled in school for pharmacist tech She said its something else she can't put her finger on. he is 35. I'm 27. there used to be a time where he refused to be out at night because he was afraid of thugs shooting him but he isn't so weary of being out at night anymore. my mom told me " you don't want to wake up and regret wasting your life with him but i'm afraid that's exactly what's going to happen. you deserve better and im not just saying that because im your mother."

Me and brother bobby heard odd noise outside. We implanted HIV-67 jack-in-the-box grenades around the huose. And a cd-camera. we saw a man he said he wants to invite us to the family of mind freedom. father walked out with a bat.

I found this out a couple weeks ago and I'm actually so angry with my Nan, they've been married for 50 years and she has dementia now. Because her dementia says random things she said to me I wish I was with the other guy. So I asked my mom if my Nans ever cheated on my Grandad and she said yes she has. I'm still annoyed with her, my Grandad has done everything for her and looked after her, while she bosses him around, and this in how she relays him by cheating on him years ago. Also found out that my auntie knew and my great aunt new and not one of them have told him.

Two weeks ago my mom started texting and calling me going off on me about nothing that was my fault. She was upset with her boyfriend and took it out on me like normal. She then kicked me out the house. I'm 18 just graduated high school going into college. My job doesn't pay much so I couldn't get an apartment or anything. I was taken in by a relative. My mom had my brother text me to tell me anything I left was going in the garbage. Now my mom doesn't want to talk to me. She ignoring me. I have tried to talk to her to work this out but she doesn't want to. I'm happier where I'm at but I really miss her. I have tried contacting her but she doesn't want to talk.

The first thing is my son sees no issue with me seeing him nude and second recently is openly masturbating at home. He's done it while I sat in the living room it's like he wants me to watch I don't know where to or who to turn in this situation.

It started in 2015, when one day I was in my moms room talking to my stepdad, hanging out with my cat, just messing around. My stepdad grabbed my head forcing me into a kissing position his tongue in my mouth. My mom walked in when this happened; and when i finally wrenched myself off his grasp, he laughed almost as if it was funny, while I looked at my mom. I told her that his tongue went in my mouth, and she made a face and we never discussed it again. Fast forward to the summer, I went up and visited my grandmother. The conversation came up and she said that was sexual abuse and from there everything took a turn. She wanted me to stay with her, and I agreed. My mom was upset my stepdad upset, and everyone was upset the only person believing me being my grandmother and of course her friends. Well in the end of the summer basically my mom made me feel extremely guilty and so did my stepfather saying how could i make an accusation like that. My mom cried and my stepfather was disgusted in me. I had to go home and tell everyone I lied and make everyone believe that I just made a big story up. Well when I came home and for over two years he was a massive dick to me. We would argue constantly about how "i make stories up" and im "crazy" and etc.

I take care of my grandma three times a week making sure she takes her pills, eats food, buy groceries for her. My parents help her one day a week. All I do is help them clean when they asked me to go over there. Tired of it. Now my dad is mad at me hasn't texted me for a week?

Do you feel overwhelmed or like you are drowning in others' emotions (the people you either meet throughout life or family members) just by seeing people or being around them? They may not be purposefully trying to show a certain emotion but you just feel certain ways around them? (Some may call it "empathy" but that term is very vague and can refer to different ideas.)

He is an awfull person. He is an emdarasment to our family. How doo I get the world to sea this about him. If are parents werent such bad enablerss then he would be in jaill still?

So I'm 18 and my mom got remarried. My stepdad has kids that are 13 and 11 years old. The 11 yr old wants to be around me 24/7. This whole day he's been jn my room with me. Also plays video games with me but it just seems that I can never get alone time. He always wants to be around me and in my company. What can I do about this? I often find myself becoming mentally drained if I have to spend an absurd amount of time with a little kid. It just kinda makes me feel overwhelmed. What do I do?

My 6y/o has been zoning out lately. There was huge fiasco at his school earlier this year when one of his teacher took away one of his favorite books and took it out of the class in attempt to get him to explore other books. He's a great reader but got attached to that particular book. When she took it away he literally stopped taking to her. She and a couple other teachers and students, as well as the school nurse and principal spent the rest of the week trying to talk to him. At home he was completely fine but once he was at school he refused to speak or interact with anyone for a week. I tried asking him about it but he didnt give me an answer he just shrugged it off. This isnt the first time he did this though, he did it in Kindergarten and in daycare, so I know its not the teacher. Any ideas???? Sorry, should have mentioned that we've had him tested for Autism twice (due to school recommendation) so we're certain that he isnt on the spectrum.

I genuinely believe my brother has been suicidal lately and I'm pretty sure that he, at least one, attempted to take his own life but I cant prove it. My family thinks he's just attention seeking. He's gotten super reckless with drugs, sex and alcohol. When I try to talk to him and try to get through to him he gets irritated and accuses me of being fake. I found a suicide note once and when I asked him about it he took it and tore it up and say he was just kidding around. The rest of the family have taken this distant approach, but since I'm the closest one to him, I simply cant. I was wondering if I should/could have him admitted in a hospital for psych evaluation. He wont go himself, he wont let me take him, and he wont trust anyone else enough to either. Not sure how that works or if it's even a thing. Can you force someone to get a psych evaluation. If not what should I do??? He never responds when I try to get hotlines to reach out to him.

I'm 18, and my mom keeps complaining about my room and saying I'm a nasty person when the only thing "wrong" with it sometimes is the bed may not be made (I got rid of my bed set so she couldn't complain about that anymore.) She keeps saying in a nasty person when at University I have the best record for clean room checks, compared to other students who have gotten slips and warnings about it and have huge bug problems from eating and have stacks of dishes in their room. It leads to big arguments where I just plug in my earbuds and turn the much all the way up to not hear her. If I had to say anything is wrong about my room at home, it's that it's 6ftx6ft, I've been living in it all my life and she won't let me throw out stuff I don't need so I just have boxes stacked up (she was furious when I donated clothes I've been wearing since i was 12.) How can I get her to get off my back? I can't move rn so don't bring that up but there's nothing inherently wrong with my room. (She has 2 sheds full of stuff because she hates throwing things out)

My parents, my sister, my brother-in-law, and I were watching Wimbledon in the living room. I mistakenly reached for his bottle of Diet Pepsi™ instead of mine, and took a swig. He scolded me for this, yet the man shares so much more with my sister in the bedroom. Was he fair to me?