Hi, my name is Skylar Alpenglow (not a real name, for protection reasons) and I am 21 years old. I am disabled; I have ADHD, an eating disorder, depression, and anxiety. I am currently unemployed and have been looking and applying for jobs every day, but none of them got back to me with good news. I live with my family, but I do not wish to stay here anymore. I can't if I want to better myself.

In my family/household, it's my mother, my father, my older sister, and my younger brother. They all treat me horribly; they have been abusive to me my whole life—emotionally, physically, and financially. They treat me like a maid, they treat me like an animal. I have to do everything in the house and get blamed for things even if I don't do them. I cook, clean, do laundry, and take care of our pets, but I get called lazy and ungrateful every day. I don't have any support system; my grandparents aren't any better. My father's mother visits, but she treats me the same, and I don't talk to my mother's parents. They act like I don't exist. They refuse to put me through college even if I told them I could apply for FAFSA or scholarships. They put me through the worst high school in my state. They refused to believe I've been sexually assaulted/raped by people in my high school. They believe I had done something to be bullied constantly throughout my years in elementary school and high school. They constantly talk about my body, grabbing on it and calling me disgusting names. They restricted how much I eat; I could only eat whenever they tell me I can. Currently, I am eating one meal a day. I am not allowed to cook anything without their permission, and if I want to cook anything, I would have to make it for the whole family rather than just myself.

I can't keep living like this. They threaten to kick me out all the time, threaten to throw me out on the streets with nothing, not even the clothes on my back. This place isn't safe, and even the authorities won't do anything about it. They won't help me now that I'm an adult; CPS did nothing when I was younger. Please, I need your help. I can't keep living in this place.