Hello Stanley_19802, I really like Skanzi's idea of boosting your own energy to free yourself from other ones. I also very much agree with Rhapsody. Rhapsody has a very good idea with what's happening, and I agree with her the most. Do you have a therapist you can talk to about this? And not only mentioning ghosts, but how they might relate to what you've been through...

I thought I would give my own two cents. I do believe in spirits, and I'm so sorry what you are going through . Very interesting story. Well, I did live in a very old house once when I was younger, and had some strange experiences. I believe there were two spirits haunting it: one kind man, and one who was rather evil. I remember waking up one night waking up to scratching noises and seeing what looked like a bunch of small branches in a ball rubbing against our window. I sat up, and it was still there. Since my family had only just moved in, I figured it was a tree next to the porch or something and went back to bed. I looked outside the next day and saw nothing that could cause it, and certainly not a tree. What's stranger is that the window was under a porch and protected from the wind. Over time, I started seeing two people in my dreams. I only saw them during particularly bad nightmares in which I often woke up in a cold sweat. Yes, they could have just been dreams and not spirits of any kind. I was going through some hard times, and they may have represented some repressed emotions like fears. However, they stayed part of my dreams for years. Once we moved, I never had a dream of them again. I noticed that I had more nightmares when I was having problems going on in real life, and then they would show up more.

Maybe if you could find a roommate, you could try moving? I think living in another location entirely is at least a start. Plus, you might have a better chance of having a new roommate believe you if something happens, if they believe in spirits. If you do find a roommate in the future, you can ask them sometime if they believe in spirits.

If you don't move, I recommend trying out living in a different room. At least it's something. Is that small room you used to stay in still available? If you had less hauntings then, it'd probably be worth your while to move back there. If your mother needs an excuse for you to move, you can say your old room smells bad or something, lol. You can also try sleeping in the living room at some point.

I think spirits like to haunt people who are going through difficulties themselves. Maybe overcoming your own difficulties can help pull you from the situation? I have heard of a story of someone's friend who had a ghost haunting her. This ghost was actually pretty dangerous, and had caused harm. She didn't have a problem talking to me about it, and what eventually got the spirit to leave, or at least calmed it, was people coming in to talk to the spirit and doing rituals, I think. I'm not too sure what that's all called.

By the way, I noticed you have good writing skills. Very nice!

If anything, I just wish you the best. I hope this can end for you soon.