Those of you who've been in my community for a while already know I don't have a good relationship with my family and that they're not the best people there are. Long story short:

It all culminated in July 2020 when my dad decided to lie about my mom leaving us to pressure me into giving him money, and shortly after threatening both my life and my livelihood, literally saying he'd be happy to kill me.

I've been living with the stress of that over the last 5 years constantly looming over me, as I still live with them, and they manage to keep extracting whatever little money I make which keeps me here.

And under the current political climate there's an increased stress added on top of that as my daily life and part of how I make income depends on me being able to go to the USA often. Things are becoming really uncertain, and life in border towns is increasingly dangerous.

Given all of this, I feel the urgent need to get out of here. I am currently working with my girlfriend on getting a Visa so I can move with her and leave all of this behind for good. And I would really appreciate any help anyone can send our way to help us with the expenses as this involves a few trips and plenty of paperwork.

I don't like being a burden to other people. And I'm also worried about this maybe somehow reaching my family, as I'm trying to keep this all a secret from them, but I'm getting pretty desperate and stressed about it all.