Toxic Younger Sister

[rlw74]

If you can't move out now, I recommend staying extremely busy. At 18 I left at 6 in the morning and got home at 10 at night. I worked 3 part-time jobs and went to school full-time. I was involved in choir and a college group at a local church. It helped me avoid conflict at home and it helped ward off depression because I was busy and didn't have time to think about a whole lot of other stuff. Plus, it gave me the money to be independent. As others have said, please talk to a therapist. You might be surprised how much it will help just to have an encouraging word and some advice from an outside source. It sounds like right now you feel alone and misunderstood. Therapy really will help.