Anonymous
7/26/2025, 12:18:50 PM No.33417927
I am 25 years old and I live with my old parents. My parents always belittled me as a kid and fought 24/7 and as a result they raised me to have low self-esteem. Also, my father made poor decisions and wrecked the family financially. My father is also filthy; he doesn't wash his hands when he poops, doesn't clean his butt well, his bed is full of bed stains, and he's angry 24/7.
I stopped eating at home because every utensil, doorknob, etc. is contaminated with his dirty hands and I'd get diarrhea and get sick.
So I always eat junk food, it's cleaner, ironically.
I make peanuts. Unless I literally eat $0.25 tuna cans for breakfast and lunch I can't keep any of the money I get by the end of the month.
On top of all that I am mentally ill & have severe depression and can't take a lot of courses at college. A 5 year major is going to take 6-7 or even 8 years till I graduate. I am a third year student now, 2-3 years left to graduate and improve my circumstances enough to move out.
The accumulated traumas of my crappy childhood, coupled with the current situation in which I virtually have no options makes me have no hope. I do not believe in optimism. I believe in determinism and I am not lucky to have a good life.
What to do? I don't know what to do.
I can reduce my spending by half and start saving money, but it would reduce my living standards even further and it'd probably cause my clinical depression to come back.
I stopped eating at home because every utensil, doorknob, etc. is contaminated with his dirty hands and I'd get diarrhea and get sick.
So I always eat junk food, it's cleaner, ironically.
I make peanuts. Unless I literally eat $0.25 tuna cans for breakfast and lunch I can't keep any of the money I get by the end of the month.
On top of all that I am mentally ill & have severe depression and can't take a lot of courses at college. A 5 year major is going to take 6-7 or even 8 years till I graduate. I am a third year student now, 2-3 years left to graduate and improve my circumstances enough to move out.
The accumulated traumas of my crappy childhood, coupled with the current situation in which I virtually have no options makes me have no hope. I do not believe in optimism. I believe in determinism and I am not lucky to have a good life.
What to do? I don't know what to do.
I can reduce my spending by half and start saving money, but it would reduce my living standards even further and it'd probably cause my clinical depression to come back.
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