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Originally Posted by starrysky
Thank you DarknessIsMyFriend. This is really helpful. So is everyone else's comments. I am going to leave. I think what has kept me here, with him and my mom, is complacency and fear. They don't help me in terms of saying things like "you can do it," or "we believe in you, you can move out." They seem to want me to stay.  Enough about that though. I'm leaving. I put up a message on craigslist this morning looking for a room.
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Good job!
They want you to stay obviously because they know if you leave and become independent from them, they can't control you any more.
Abuse is all about power and control. Deny them that and they're nothing.