I'm here because I don't know what else or where else to go. I'm almost 27 years old and I am the victim of a verbally and physically abusive parent. She is a control freak and she won't let me go. Even now, she won't let me move out. I tried moving out two years ago, and she harassed my room-mate daily, telling them she knew what was right for me and how they should send me back to her. Eventually they gave in when she offered them a sum of $10,000. Every day she yells at me telling me I'm worthless, fat, ugly, a loser, and how I'll never survive without her. She's constantly murdering my self esteem. I've often wondered about going to the police - but when I tried that when I was younger when she used to beat me - she'd tell them "she's bipolar, she's crazy - she hit me first" - and they'd automatically believe her without so much as looking into the situation so I've been afraid to seek help ever since. She sent me to several doctors when I was growing up - if the doctor said "There's nothing wrong with her" she'd fire them and hire another doctor who'd agree with her every word and put me on whatever medication she decided on. She refused to let me go to college out of the city and wouldn't even let out of the state for a weekend until I was 22. She's been smothering me all my life, and pushing all her self-hatred onto me and my sister - who turned to drugs to cope...I have no idea where to go, or what I can do. I thought giving up and just waiting until she passes away to finally be free...but I don't know how much more I can handle. So I found this place...hopefully there might be someone who knows what I can do?