Is it weird to be 35 and living with Mom and Dad?
I'm 35, living with my parents due to being disabled from my mental health issues. I've been on a waiting list for housing support in a nearby town and it's finally come through. If everything comes together I'll be moving out. My dad just gave me crap about it. Is that weird?
I have irreconcilable differences with my dad and really need to move out. But why does he always insist I stay living with them?
I guess I could list my symptoms...
1) I'm diagnosed bipolar and suicide is on the table with me. I have a long list of previous DXs but that's the current one.
2) My previous living situation ended because I believed my neighbors (guy right above me in an apartment complex) were dealing drugs from their apartment. I'm about 80% sure they really were and it wasn't just in my head. I called the cops on them. (This was technically a suicide attempt...death by drug dealer... piss off a drug dealer until they want to kill you... all they did was scratch up my car though...)So I moved back in with my parents before they did something that I did care about like taking out my tires.
My irreconcilable differences with my dad:
1) My dad is a faith healer. Watching his ministry, I've seen at least one person die due to stopping medication. I consider his profession only one step away from criminal activity. (and in fact he straddles the fence with practicing medicine without being a doctor. He has to be extremely careful what he says in regards to medicine or he crosses that line.)
2) My dad would rather fly me to Phoenix, Arizona for deliverance from demons rather than have me accept professional treatment. He's given me crap for calling a suicide hot-line before.
3) I have a few crossed wires sexually. I'm still a virgin at 35 and don't feel a strong need to change it. I sometimes think about it and think I would rather be in a homosexual relationship than a heterosexual relationship. If I want to explore my sexuality, I don't think it's happening living with parents. I have an urge to build a sex-bot. (a she-male sex-bot none the less...) I don't think I could get away with it living with my parents.
Am I wrong to want to move out?
Thank you.
But why is my dad always against it?
About the suicide...
Suicide is simply a symptom of my mental illness. Nothing more...
About going to Church...
The last church I went to on a regular basis effectively kicked me out.
About my thoughts on Christianity in general...
I stopped believing shortly after I saw the person die, when he was supposedly healed. Unless I see some evidence to the contrary, I don't feel a strong need to change that belief.
And one more thing about suicides going straight to hell...
My sister committed suicide. I don't appreciate you saying she's gone straight to hell. It's really a horrible thing to say. (and believe btw...)