She Moved Back Home During Covid For Safety, But Her Dad Has Made Life Harder Than It Ever Was At School
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College can be tough even for students who excelled in high school.
In this story, we meet a teenager who did so well in high school that they ended up with a full ride scholarship. That’s very impressive!
But after mental health issues and Covid hitting while at school, they’re at risk of losing the scholarship.
Being home during quarantine is making the situation even worse.
Keep reading for all the details.
AITA for taking my dad personally
So I (19) am a college student. I got a full ride scholarship when I graduated high school and I was so excited to go to college.
Then halfway through my freshman year my mental health took a dive. I was eventually diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and dissociative identity disorder.
I also realized that I am nonbinary during this time and came out. I changed my name and started looking into getting top surgery.
It’s been tough.
However, my mental health has put a huge strain on my academics. I’ve been hospitalized twice and I ended up failing differential equations twice after COVID messed over my secons attempt.
Because of this I might/probably will lose my scholarship.
I know I tried so hard and naturally I feel like absolute awful over it.
Then there’s dad…
My dad has been making things worse.
While I’ve been home for quarantine he has been constantly deadnaming and misgendering me, though he claims to support me.
He’s made snide comments about me being entitled for trying to get top surgery to fight my dysphoria and for reminding him to use my name/pronouns.
He’s defended certain politicians and called me “closed minded” for saying that I don’t give them the time of day.
Then there’s school…
Beyond that he has been unbearable about school.
Every time he leaves his room where he works he is ordering me to do something school related.
Now if it was guidance I would appreciate it. But these are angry orders given with the tone of “Because you’re too dumb to do this without me telling you.”
Mom thinks OP is part of the problem.
I don’t think he is meaning to make my life so unbearable, but since I moved home in March I have started having panic attacks and crying breakdowns again, which I was having much less often when away at school.
My mom says I am part of the problem and I need to learn to let the way he takes evefything as a personal insult roll off my back.
So AITA for taking this personally and getting mad?
Is this college student being too sensitive, or is the dad being cruel?
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Let’s see what Reddit thinks.
This person thinks the parents are the problem.
Another person calls the parents bullies.
If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about a mother who thinks it’s the school’s job to discipline her unruly child, not hers.
But this person thinks OP is actually the problem.
Mental health issues are no joke, and OP is dealing with a lot. The parents definitely aren’t helping the situation.
Maybe therapy would be a good idea.
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