Hi, my name is Thalia, I am trying to fundraise to move away from my abuser.

I have been stuck for years living with my abusive mother. Unfortunately much of the stuff I do relies on her and her schedule - and I barely have any income of my own, forcing me to rely almost exclusively on her financially.

Lately this situation has been weighing on me more and more. Living under her roof constantly causes me extreme anxiety, leaving me constantly exhausted. This leaves me in an endless loop of stress and recovery - and I can barely recover before I experience yet another stressor, which throws me right back to an anxious state of mind. This causes me to never truly be able to feel better.

And what is more - even if she is not directly doing anything, she is not a good person in general. She is homophobic and transphobic, which means I am constantly forced to hide a very core aspect of myself, for fear of what might happen should she discover it. It does not help that she tends to barge into my room, which could lead to her discovering something she really should not.

I constantly have to be on high alert against her, and it is EXHAUSTING. She constantly touches stuff in my room, completely disrespects my boundaries, and rants at me if I do not do things fast enough/in exactly the way she expected me to do them.

She is completely unsympathetic to my anxiety, and rushes me constantly - neglecting to understand just how much distress I am in. She barely even gives me time to recover from major stressors. All she does is demand and lecture.

I NEED to leave. It is not enough for me to just rest and recover - because if I try to recover while staying here any longer, I will NEVER be able to recover, and will be thrown back into that loop.

This is why I need your help. I need your help to help me escape FOR GOOD, because if I do not, the situation could get so much worse than it is now. I do not have the luxury of waiting.

Please, consider giving something, even a little. And if you cannot, then share this around.

Update: My mother threatened recently to stop helping me pay off my tuition debt, so now I have an additional issue to take care of. I have raised this fundraiser's goal amount to cover the remaining tuition costs, which are about $1500. Please continue to share this around!