https://www.reddit.com/r/troubledteens/comments/1ifvswf/how_do_i_fucking_leave/
created by IFuckUpMyLife87 on 02/02/2025 at 12:02 UTC
2 upvotes, 3 top-level comments (showing 3)
So, my mom is a horrible bitchy woman, and she smashed my phone to bits after I lifted a bike off the rack. It wasn't damaged, she just told me not to go in the garage. This is the final straw and I want to move out but I'm 14 and I can't. she has said before she doesn't want me and she genuinely hates me, but she wants me to stay and rot because of how much she hates me. I want to move out into an area close enough where I can see my friends, and I know I'll need parental consent, but her treatment of me is destroying my mental health. I'm not suicidal, but I could become again if she continues. She is actively destroying me and she doesn't care. If I show proof of her abuse, I'd either not get taken away or they'd put me in some other horrible group home. Police here don't care, they don't. How can I move out somewhere safely when I have no family around either without her consent and get away with it or somehow get her consent? I really don't want to ruin my mental health, and she's ruining it.
Comment by MinuteDonkey at 02/02/2025 at 19:32 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I was in a similar boat at your age. Best case scenario is having other family to move in with.
In the meantime, this is hard, but you have to be a model kid on good behavior. Abusive parents will do everything to make you act out to label you as a troubled kid to bury allegations of abuse you make towards them.
Comment by VuArrowOW at 02/02/2025 at 12:22 UTC
7 upvotes, 2 direct replies
You can call DHHS and ask to go with a family member or get a lawyer for emancipation
Comment by LeviahRose at 02/02/2025 at 19:49 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I’m 17 and in the same boat. I’ve been trying to figure it out and the truth is that unless you have another family member who believes you and can take you, there’s no way out. Even when you turn 18, unless you want to completely leave behind your life and be homeless, there’s no way out. I’m so sorry.