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emancipation 15/f
so this may be a little long but i am practically begging for help here. okay so living here with my parents is making me really stressed out and making me do things that I would of never thought of doing to myself. example: i overdosed a couple months ago because of all the stress i was going through because i thought it would help and it did. it made me feel careless and i really liked that feeling. but then someone told my councilor at school and she called my mom and i had to go the hospital. at that point my parents were very generous towards me for about a week. then everything went back to the way it was. they wont let me hang out with the friends i want to hang out with. they wont let me spend the night at any of my friends. they make me go to church which i dont mind but then they make me be involved in every little thing which irritates the crap out of me. and so on and so on with all the things they wont let me do. well now i am taking ibprofen a pretty high amount everyday. and i know its wrong to please dont tell me that. i just like the way it makes me feel. so anyways to get to the point, ive been looking at things on the computer on how to be emancipated, but its really confusing. so i was wondering if anyone could help me with some information on being emancipated without my parents consent which i know i can do. and please dont tell me to try and talk to my parents, because i have tried talking to them over and over and over again, but they just don't listen and they don't understand at all. and they don't know how bad their mentally hurting me with their words and not letting me live my life. so if anyone could help that would be the greatest thing ever!
please and thanks
-cuttechick24
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Yes you can be emancipated without a parents consent but you have to prove they are unfit parents who do not have your best interests at hand. You would also have to prove that they are abusive in some way. I completely understand why you are taking the pills but i don't know if you know or not, there are ways that are less dangerous. For example, a way to get my frustrations out that make me feel better is playing the guitar, writing lyrics, letters and burying them, reading, writing books, scrapbooking, studying, listening to music, cooking, etc as long as you keep your hands busy, you end up releasing some of the anger out in a healthy way.
I had a friend who did the same thing because she was brutually raped. She went to a party and got extremely drunk and told her mother she was going upstairs to sleep. Well she took pills so that the pain would go away and so she could sleep better, she never woke up. She died that night because she mixed pills with the alcohol that was still flowing through her veins. i am telling you this story because it can happen to anyone. I realize you want your parents to realize what they are doing is wrong but you don't want to give them the satisfaction of ruining your life.
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I find that I am a great deal older than most of the advisers on this site, so my advice will be somewhat different from what you have received and may continue to receive from others.
Taking high amounts of Ibuprofen can be seen as trying to hurt yourself. Abusing any non-prescription drug is a form of self-inflicted harm. I am saying this even though you asked that we not do so as it is important to the question you are asking. A big part of emancipation is, are you capable of caring and supporting yourself. Judging from your abuse of Ibuprofen the answer to that question would have to be no. So the first thing you have to do is stop abusing the Ibuprofen. If you have been doing so for any length of time you cannot just stop as you will suffer from withdrawal. What you need to do is taper off slowly, with a doctors consultation would be best.
As for Emancipation; it is not as easy to get as it may sound. From what you have written your parents may be somewhat over protective. Being overprotective is not something the courts will view as a reason to Emancipate you. The court may even see it as good parenting. The courts will look at a number of factors, I am not aware of what all of the factors may be, among them will be are you capable of caring and supporting yourself? What is causing you to seek Emancipation? Are these reasons valid? I do not believe any of us on this website are lawyers and only a lawyer can tell you if you qualify for emancipation and file the legal filings required by the courts.
I have a suggestion for you; the fact that you have overdosed and that you are currently abusing Ibuprofen says you have some suicidal tendencies. I would like you to call the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-784-2433 or Girls and Boys town Hotline 1-800-446-3000, both hotlines are open 24/7. Talk to the trained counselors at either hotline. They can help you find people in your own town to help you. If Emancipation is not the proper option the people they refer you to will work with you to resolve the issues at home.
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listen im almost 17 and i know what your saying and im still going through with not being able to hand with who i want when i want how i want. to everything. but you need to know that you can not do everything you want or have what you want or get your way. just today i didnt get what i want! and you cant get emancipated unless it seems you need to be theres no sighns of abuse that your parents are doing to you. the only person thats abusing you is you. taking pills is showing people that you need attention. not to be mean. your friends maybe not the people that are to great like do bad things like drugs and what not. your not always going to get along with your parents you just need to stick it out with the rest of us. u only have 3 more years.
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