Am I overreacting? ?

maybe you should stay with someone else until its time for you to go to school

Here are some general suggestions I make to younger teens in case you might get some helpful ideas from them. Ask to have a serious discussion with your parents about how they see things panning out in the coming months and years. It needs to be fairly rational, so if one of you becomes too emotional (e.g. angry) it would be best to time out and try again another time. Prepare in advance what you would like to say and ask: write a plan, even.  

As you reach each birthday, for example, or each new school year, what rights, freedoms and responsibilities will you have? Chores, pocket money, curfews, dating, etc. will all come into it, obviously. You can't really expect something for nothing, so think about what you can put into the family and household as part of your negotiations as to what you can get.  

If you are to grow into a responsible adult, it must be a gradual process: if they keep you wrapped up in cotton wool and then suddenly let you out of the box at eighteen, you won't have enough experience to know how to handle it.  

That said, your parent(s) is/are responsible for your safety and welfare during this time: no doubt they love you and they themselves have the experiences you don't yet. Seeing things on t.v. and hearing your friends' (exaggerated?) stories aren't quite the same.  

If they don't want to do this, ask them if they will please consider a plan and talk again in a week or so. All plans need to be a little flexible, as unexpected things can happen, of course.  

Hopefully this will show that you have a maturing attitude to your family and your life.   

Happy New Year!

In my opinion, it seems like you are over-reacting. Listen, I get it. Your parents are hovering but that's because they care? Ask all of the people who grew up without parents or even foster parents, how much they wish they had parents who cared enough?

Do you think your parents are ever going to stop seeing you as their child? No. I'm 28 and my parents still treat me like their little daughter. But at the same time, they also see me as a mature adult, you know why? I take full responsibility for my life. I don't get angry over every little situation. I know that all problems can be dealt with in a calm, peaceful and respectful manner.

You want to get out of prison so bad, why don't you leave? You have that option at 19. You can build a life without them, hell you can leave them completely out of your life if that's that you want. Maybe then you'll realize what a gift parents really are. Yes can they be challenging? Absolutely. Can they be abit unreasonable? Absolutely. But guess what, like YOU, they are human as well. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses, but it's about choosing to LOVE people regardless. Just you want to be loved flaws and all, so do others.

Enjoy the little time that you have with them cause life is too short. Don't let life take them away from you, only to make you realize what a gift every person really is in your family

I can only offer you advice. The decision is ultimately yours. I hope you make the right decision for yourself.

Wishing you nothing but love, peace and happiness.

I think people place way too much importance on being autistic. You're still a person and you're not all about being autistic. Autism is just a facet of your life, and you aren't autism.

Even so, i don't know if you're over reacting. I don't know you and haven't observed your circumstances. But i will say that, if your parents are sending you to college, they care about you and your future. And i'd have to say they love you.

As far as you getting food, i'm assuming you were hungry - and your parents do provide meals, right? just let their reaction go.

Honestly, i'm a parent and sometimes parents are "weird" too! I don't think parents ought to use name-calling and if you're upset about that, you could tell them (in a calm way) that being called weird was hurtful. And leave it at that. you might say "but i love you anyway" after you make the comment about being called weird.

What i'm trying to say is you can be diplomatic and pleasant about your feelings - and if you tell your parents you love them after you let them know you felt hurt, it might give them food for thought. It's worth a try.

Crying doesn't fix anything, but i understand that sometimes, we get upset. And if you're leaving for college, that's stressful in itself.

If you feel angry a lot of the time - there is information online about coping with anger. Maybe you could check out some websites and work the ideas you get to curb that.

I wish you all the best, and happy new year