I’m 21/male and already lived on my own but I was forced to move back to my toxic parents 2 years ago because I wasn’t able to live on my own because of my depression that was caused by the trauma from my parents (the only alternative I had was being homeless).

I was taken away from my parents when I was 12 and the fact that I now live with the people again who are the cause of my misery makes me feel like I’m paralyzed and I don’t know how to escape this situation.

I’m a very sensitive person and always seek positivity and thoughtful interactions. Especially my dad is the exact opposite of that and is the most direct and rude person I ever met in my life. Every time my dad see’s me he lectures and devalues me in the most direct and aggressive tone imaginable to the point where I’m too afraid to leave my room when he’s in the house. He even criticizes me when I don’t touch the door properly and leave fingerprints or when I left a few water drops at the sink as if I murdered someone and he leaves threatening messages on paper across the house. And everywhere he goes he spreads negative energy. (I’m obviously not doing anything wrong and he’s just dissatisfied with himself and he makes way bigger/actual mistakes.)

As a highly sensitive and reactive person this makes me deeply depressed and makes me feel I’m incapable of escaping it on my own. I know that I have potential but I can’t use it because the circumstances are paralyzing me. It’s like being trapped in hell and the fact that this hell is so damaging/hurtful to me makes me unable to escape. I feel like it’s destroying me!