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Living with my parents is absolutely terrible

Niamh

I’m really struggling 

I think it’s that I have no personal space/ no boundaries/ no door with a lock. My life mostly revolves around trying to spend as much time out of the house as possible but we live in a village and I am reliant on my parents driving me home from the bus stop every night:/// they don’t want to do this anymore so instead of getting home at midnight it’s meant to be 6:30pm and I really am not coping well.

sometimes I lie on my floor and cry, just hours of suffering? Despair and anxiety?

I can’t really function living wit them.

being in public in the city is farrrrr less draining than stuck at home. I feel entirely uncomfortable there:

incant express anything at all

my life is kinda hellish tbh idk it’s kinda not great… idk like i still do things but returning home mostly always fills me with dread because there are always people and I have essentially zero control over my environment and zero privacy .

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  • You have my sympathy - I find it difficult to cope with living with family. I'm not too much of an outdoors person so I am limited in where I can go. 

    Why do they have to give you a lift from the bus stop? Could you not walk back?

    Personally, I sorted the travel situation many years ago by buying a bike. This was at a time when I had no income and was no longer young enough for discount bus fares. Worked wonders - I can now get anywhere in the county at any time without having to queue up or pay a fare! I do not like travelling by car, so I do not and would not ask anyone for a lift unless I was desperate.

    I concur with the thoughts about being in a city. There are a lot of people, shops, and other amenities. I suffer from a lot of tiredness and don't always manage to get out and about. I managed to go out yesterday, but I was really tired and felt dreadful for the journey, in fact, I nearly burst in to tears multiple times during the journey.

    One way I deal with being stuck here with family is to try and sleep during the day. This works best if you have access to a supermarket/gym/etc with long or 24-hour opening times.

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  • You have my sympathy - I find it difficult to cope with living with family. I'm not too much of an outdoors person so I am limited in where I can go. 

    Why do they have to give you a lift from the bus stop? Could you not walk back?

    Personally, I sorted the travel situation many years ago by buying a bike. This was at a time when I had no income and was no longer young enough for discount bus fares. Worked wonders - I can now get anywhere in the county at any time without having to queue up or pay a fare! I do not like travelling by car, so I do not and would not ask anyone for a lift unless I was desperate.

    I concur with the thoughts about being in a city. There are a lot of people, shops, and other amenities. I suffer from a lot of tiredness and don't always manage to get out and about. I managed to go out yesterday, but I was really tired and felt dreadful for the journey, in fact, I nearly burst in to tears multiple times during the journey.

    One way I deal with being stuck here with family is to try and sleep during the day. This works best if you have access to a supermarket/gym/etc with long or 24-hour opening times.

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