Someone save me from my life

I am 17 girl and homeschooled.(unfortunately) I am not a creepy homeschooler that never goes outside just fyi.

I am a very teenager all things considered and never cause issues or problems for my mother. Yet my mother constantly degrades me and treats me as if every small mistake I make is the unforgettable sin.

My mother is ultra religious and weird conspiracy theory nut so she has so many dumb rules like I'm not allowed to wear anything that shows shoulders and she takes my phone away whenever she wants because I apparently spend too much time on it and it's destroying my creativity , which is completely untrue because I'm very conscious of my screen time use.

She is super disrespectful like one time I decided to wear a shirt that showed my stomach just the tiniest bit and my mother said 'cover your dirty, hairy belly'. Like what the hell. I am not dirty nor hairy so I knew she was just trying to make me feel embarrassed so I wouldn't show my belly. She even makes me change from my tank top I wear at home before my dad gets from work as not to 'make my own father to look at me in a sexual way.'

My older sister is about to turn 18 but my mother will still take away her phone when she wants and she will still control where my sister goes and how she dresses. She said that just because she'll be an adult doesn't mean she gets to do whatever she wants because she 'still lives under her mother's roof'.

My mother will complain that she does all the housework which is the biggest lie on the planet. She hasn't cooked a single meal since I was about 9 when she started forcing me to make all the dinners and we all do our own laundry but I do the bed sheets because my mother just stopped washing the bedding one day so now I have to. All the cleaning like vacuuming or cleaning bathrooms are done by me and my two sisters. My mother barely lifts a finger around the house yet she still complains.

Just recently we moved away to a small town so I have no more friends or places to go and am now stuck around my family and mother all day. And I think I'm reaching a breaking point from the isolation. (Someone please help me)

Mother is also emotionally unavailable most of the time and will never give me a hug or any expression of love when I'm sad or just need one. My friend will tell me how both her parents are there for her and will always show her love and patience and it makes me so freaking jealous and frustrated.

I could probably drone about all my issues for another five thousand paragraphs but this should be okay for now.

I really need to move far away from my family...

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Abby Other February 26, 2025 at 10:31 pm 2 1