10 hours ago
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Advice needed
Hello everyone. I'm 18 and a man. 6 months away from going off to college, and every day seems like forever. My relationship with my parents is fractured. It's extremely tense. I was adopted at a young age, and I love them dearly for what they did for me. And I owe them for giving me a chance at life. But recently, I've come to the realization that they may be emotionally abusive or we have developed a toxic relationship. And this is why:
My father had to go on disability due to a foot injury. My family has never been financially stable since this, and we have never been able to afford anything nice. This made me extremely angry given the fact that so many of my friends and family members do have nice cars and comfortable lives with double or quadruple the budget my family has. I KNOW this wasn't his fault, but his inability (regardless that this is not his fault) has made our relationship strained, given I cannot ask for anything, and have to work long hours to provide for myself.
To Top It All Off: My mother is bipolar, who is not medicated, and her severe mood swings have given me severe emotional whiplash.
I constantly hear them speak badly about me:
"How I'm ungrateful for them adopting me"
"How I'm arrogant"
And worst of all, telling me that they wish they hadn't adopted me on my 18th birthday.
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