family issues

=general rant thread=

I don't know what to do about my living situation anymore. I live with my mom, dad, and older sister at the moment but we're a dysfunctional family and it's starting to get to me. I always thought my dad's way of parenting was normal or common, but after I ranted about this to a friend she suggested that he's been emotionally manipulating my family, and she's right. None of us can talk to my dad without an argument happening; none of us can voice our opinion without him guilt tripping saying "you never listen to me, you never take my advice, I bet you love your mother more anyway." Overall making us feel horrible if we get into a disagreement with him. He never wants to be wrong. There was one instance where I wore shorts in the house to be comfortable (for context I am 16 and female), and he told me to change my pants because it makes him uncomfortable. It made me also extremely uncomfortable that he would feel a certain way about me wearing normal shorts around the house as a pajama. But after I tried to voice that same opinion, he blew up in anger and yelled at me, "I don't wanna see that s***" and other things while cursing me out. It made me cry really hard because I can't even wear regular clothes without him saying something about it.

He also tracks my internet activity and almost forbids me from being around my male friends. I feel like I can't do anything. My sister is my only good friend and she's about to move out.