#strictparents

As a person who is stuck in a situation where I am in 3 week lockdown with my strict parents, I have to say its going t be a difficult three weeks.

To keep them happy I am working hard on my essays and assignments but it is harrowing when you want to dress a certain way and your parents/family just disagree. [I have come back from university for the lockdown so I am missing the freedom I had]

I have continued to wear what I want to wear [for reference: some days I wear pastel goth, and emo along with vintage styles which they are more approving of] and I have received quite a bit of backlash and it has been affecting my mental health.

I just wanted to let people know you are in the same position as me or worse. We can ride it out, we can make it through the three weeks/quarantine time, and my family doesn't really understand the mental health and disorder I have.

All the help lines are still active [as far as I am aware] and it has been a struggle even getting through this first week. I have cried more times than I have in day than I did last month. I have been under enormous stress to keep both myself happy and my family. I do care deeply for my family but it is difficult to go from an area where you are free to be yourself with no judgement, back to an area where you can no longer be as true.

Please stay safe. And for those in lockdown like me if you are in a worse position than me you can still get out of there and go somewhere else that is safer. I am counting own the days when I can escape to my boyfriend’s house again.