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any tips on surviving evil(aka abusive) family? i’m stuck here for the summer bc of college break but i never want to come back
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Anonymous 18h

don’t engage. it’s hard but it’s like turning apart of yourself off and knowing you can make it out one day

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Anonymous 3h

i do malicious compliance since my family used to sometimes complain abt how I never seemed to leave my room or go out. so I would go visit friends and we’d just hang out doing our own thing & if they complained then I told them I was doing the “healthy” thing & listening to them

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Anonymous 7h

I usually spend time out of the house during the day or if people are home! Places you can be for a while where you don’t need to pay a lot of money (maybe a few bucks). Public libraries and Barnes and noble are free, cafes/coffee shops, public parks, the gym (can be expensive for a day but usually passes are worth it)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 16h

yea but they make me engage with them. i am constantly being told to do things/ forced to go out with them.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 16h

aww can you ask for some down time or maybe say it’s overstimulating and you need to be alone a while?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15h

no

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15h

i’m in this group bc a lot of my cousins are diagnosed with neurodivergences, and my sister and i were supposed to get tested and never did bc my parents didn’t let us

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15h

aww i really feel for you. power through bc you can do it! and then one day you really will get out 👍

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