Wednesday, January 4, 2012
I really need time to myself but it feels like im trapped because no matter where i am people are always all a
You don't say how old you are, but I'm a retired teacher and I can see the problem here. You DO need space and time to yourself, and so do your parents. In your tiny apartment that is hard. You say you have your own room, though, so you are lucky. Your parents need to understand that you need time to yourself and you need to understand that things may not be going well for your parents right now, either. Maybe they have new jobs, or are still job-hunting, and the budget is in trouble, etc. You may not even know all their adult problems because they don't tell you everything in order to spare you the details. If I were you, I'd enlist my school counselor. He/she might be able to talk to your parents about your need to have some "alone" time every day (an hour or two, anyway.) In the meantime, I would also go home, help with dinner and dishes, and then ask if I could be excused to go to my room to do "homework." (If it's undone, do it and then relax. If it's already finished, go to your room anyway, and try to chill out. If you get interrupted...looking for socks, whatever...try to be patient and maybe the parent will be out of there shortly.) Lots of parents don't understand that teens, especially, need time to themselves. The school counselor or a trusted teacher, might be able to help them understand when they go for your school meetings.
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