Hey, I just wanted to tell someone about my decision to stop seeing my parents. I'm 18 and I still live with my N-parents. I don't have a job or any sort of income at the the moment, so I'm locked into staying with my parents for the moment, especially with the pandemic still going strong here in america. My parents have done their best to prevent me from gaining any sort of independence. It wasn't until spring break this year that they let me do driver's ed. I still don't have a license, and can't get one until October. This highlights the biggest trait of narcissism in my parents. They love to set 'traps' for me to fall in. They kept putting off teaching me to drive for 2 years, until it became apparent that I would need to learn at some point. Now, they constantly blame me for taking so long to start learning, claiming that I never showed any interest. Other examples include telling me to clean off 'the table' around dinner time, but getting pissed when I assume they were talking about the dinner table versus a different table. Or when they just assume that I will do certain tasks unprompted, because they believe it needs to be done.

My parents also weirdly make fun of me. With the driving thing, they are always poking fun at how late I am at learning. As if that is anywhere within my control. They make fun of my weight as well. Never outright hateful, but there are a lot of comments about how I need to exercise or I could lose few pounds or how I can never fit into my clothes, even though my clothes fit fine.

I could keep going on about they treat me, but I'm pretty sure most of it has already been said by other people, so I will just end with this: My parents are assholes, and that's why I don't want them to be part of my adult life. Dealing with how mean and manipulative they are has taken a toll on my mental health. I have some kind of suicidal breakdown every couple months, because I can't enjoy my life with them in it. I'm getting my license, followed by a job and college degree and I'm getting the hell out of the house. Unfortunately, I do have a younger sister that I care a lot about, so I can't go full NC until she is graduated and out of their grasp.