Are my parents strict? Or abusive?

I’m a 15 y/o girl. I can’t really think of much off of the top of my head but here are a few things they do which have contributed to my severe anxiety and depression.

*Off my phone at 7:30 every night and I can’t have it in my room.

*Phone taken off of me for having a salt lamp on while I fell asleep.

*Not allowed to stay anywhere unless my parents are good friends with theirs.

*Can’t be home alone at any given moment.

*Getting in trouble for being scared of telling mum about my problems.

*Getting a “I told you so” when a guy who I respected turned out to be a drug dealer, rapist and I don’t say anything but tried to get nudes out of me whilst dating one of his mates who he abused mentally and physically.

*Finding a way to go see my boyfriend who moved away a while ago and getting yelled at because we “don’t have the money” whilst my mum spends hundreds of dollars of clothes she doesn’t wear, nail art etc.

*Saying I need more friends and should hang out with them more but I have no choice to only ever have them over and not being allowed to go out for lunch with them. We have to bring the food to my house and eat there. All while being yelled at for not looking after my 3 year old brother and my sisters (age 12 and 9) just watch me getting the punishment in front of my friends.

*Being yelled at for being in my room to much and getting punished for it. I only am in here in the weekends and things because every other day I have work and have to baby sit my brother.

*A 5 o’clock curfew if I’m out of the house at any given moment.

*Not allowed to be at someone’s house without a parent present.

*No falling asleep with YouTube playing.

*I have to pay for shoes and other articles if they cost anymore than 25$.

*No going to a youth group because it’s supportive of all religions and apparently encouraged muslims meaning terrorists or whatever. It didn’t at all.

*Forced to watch movies with my parents and siblings against my will or I’m grounded.

*One time I was sitting on the couch with a headache and my sisters were watching my brother. Mum came out and yelled at me calling me pathetic.

*They must have access to my phone. So no privacy.

*Insomnia blamed on my phone where it’s really me lying awake worrying excessively about my assessments, punishments, boyfriend staying safe, etc.

*Being forced to see a psychologist unwillingly. It’s so confronting and things. I have no problem with my psychologist, she’s a lovely lady, I just can’t seem to be getting any kind of benefit from it.

*Bed by 9:30. Every. Night.

*One time she yelled at me heartlessly for being on my phone after 7:30 and bought me to tears. I was talking to beyond blue. I had 5 minutes to finish before they took it.

*Not allowed to say fart because it wasn’t ladylike.

*Ask for food and drink. Unless it’s fruit or water.

All I can really think of right now. Also should be noted that my mum has multiple illnesses such as fibromyalgia, scoliosis. She’s asleep in her room and doing as she pleases 24/7/365 and we would get yelled at for doing exactly that.

Submitted November 16, 2019 at 02:43AM by mickyyxo https://ift.tt/2qZtLYO