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Apologize for my incomplete English, it's not my first language. 


 My mother has been keeping and withdrawing my money in my bank account without my consent. I and her had a joint account back in 2018 because I wasn't at a legal age to have one for my own, that's when she insisted to have a joint bank account with me, which I found out, later on, is that so she could monitor my spending. For the past years, she has taken at least $2000+ of my savings without asking me, financially abused me, and take control of my money. The excuses she used was ''I need money to buy food for your dad'' ''I need to buy kitchen essentials, furniture. I'll pay you back.'' (she never paid me back). She kept taking the savings that I worked really hard to earn to move out until my account is left low balance. Many times I have to take extra commissions to keep my account not getting locked by the bank. I talked to her about the situation and all I got was guilt-tripping; she told me I am being selfish for not sharing my money with her even though I live under her roof.  I've been looking for a new job for months and when I finally found one that's safe to work at, my mother talked to the manager without me knowing and took away my opportunity. SHE suggested I work there a then took it away from me just to show how she has control over my life. 

I knew this is going to end badly with me losing my future and education, so a few days ago, I've gotten my bank account separate from her. It took me a while to make this decision because of the stress and manipulation she put on me to make me think it's bad to not let her use my earning. She won't be able to freely withdraw my earnings anymore. To think that things will go smoothly from there, the laptop that I received on my 13th birthday, has stopped working. I've taken on all the commissions I can for this month, but between preparing for university and other IRL obligations, I don't think I can do this on my own before it's too late. 


I really hate to do this, but I'm at a loss for what else to do right now. Art commissions are my only source of income right because I lost my part-time job around last year due to Covid-19. I'm so scared I will not be able to do my online classes and get my work done. 

Anything is appreciated. If anyone knows me well you'd know that I hate asking for things like this. I'm terrified of being dropped from my online classes before school starts and not being able to finish my commissions or accept more because I don't have a computer to work on. All donations money will go to getting me a better computer so I can finish school and work harder to save up and move away from my abusive mom. Thank you so much for reading, your help means so much to me.