Is my family normal?

45% Normal
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Okay, well hello. So I'm a senior in highschool and eighteen. I'm still living with my parents. I have to stay at home since I'm enrolled at a privately owned school. I have a hard time making friends since I just came back from rehab and am starting back at school this Fall. My parents won't let me hang out with anyone at all though. I want to go to these local meet up groups and they think I'm entirely ridiculous. This summer was horrible. I basically worked out at home and the gym so much and never did anything I ended up losing 30 pounds. Which is great but also I want a social life. They think I shouldn't hang out with guys. I also wanted to go to the movies the other day and they fought with me so much about it I finally gave up about it. Then, they came and told me what movie I could see and that I can only go to the one at 7:00. I get that I just came home from rehab four months ago but all I want from my parents is a little slack. I need to go out and have my own life. Does any of this sound normal?

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45% Normal
Based on 33 votes (15 yes)
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  • Terence_the_viking
    10 years ago

    They need to let you breath or risk losing you completely.

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  • GuessWho
    10 years ago

    If you did something worthy of getting yourself into rehab, it's completely understandable that your parents want to protect you like this.

    Just give them a few more months for them to make sure that you're no longer a risk to yourself.
    They want to know for sure that you're not going to engage in whatever you previously did before letting you get too far away again.

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  • RoseIsabella
    10 years ago

    What were you doing that you had to go to rehab?

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  • tripw7
    10 years ago

    You could come up with some suggestions of how you might go out. Maybe someone from church for instance. (Your age if you happen to know someone....or ..Go make friends with the Youth Director in any church group. They will welcome you with open arms. (Trust me, they will) Pick a nice person and they will get you into some activities. All the while, keep your parents well informed what is going on to build their trust. Good luck, study hard and make yourself proud.

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  • Demundo
    10 years ago

    It depends on what rehab you had but 18 is old enough to move out.

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  • Couman
    10 years ago

    Maybe you should stop listening to what they tell you to do. You're 18 so they worst they can do is kick you out. It'd be rough, but it sounds like living with them is none to great either.

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  • thr
    10 years ago

    I don't know how it is, dealing with someone who has been in rehab, but what you describe seems unreasonable. Life should not be given up on altogether, just because one has had reason to go to rehab.

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