I am a teen planning to run away from home. Can anyone help me give an idea where i can go?
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September 23rd, 2020
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You don’t want to run away. Trust me. I ran away at 17. Lasted 3 days. Just stay home for now. Why do you want to run away? Is there anybody at all you can talk to?
I’m with @SergeantQueen. Unless it has to do with abuse I wouldn’t suggest it. You can call the following if it is abuse. (For any victims and survivors who need support, we are here for you, 24/7. Call 1–800-799–7233 or 1–800-787–3224 for TTY, or if you’re unable to speak safely, you can log onto thehotline.org or text LOVEIS to 22522.)
They can probably tell you where to go to keep you safe. If it isn’t abuse but rather you can’t stand the rules of your home or because you can’t see some boy or girl, then do not call this hotline. Once police get involved you may end up permanently removed from your home. And your parents may face charges for something they never did.. And if you have siblings they may be removed from the home.
But definetly call if you are being abused or if you have siblings being abused.
Now if you simply want to run away, keep in mind that you are a minor. This means no matter what you would need a safe place to safe place to live. If you have no one in mind who would safely support you till you finish school and get a job that can afford you a place to live on your own then don’t go anywhere. Running away never fixes anything. All it would do is punish yourself your parents and your siblings. The longer you are away the harder it will be to return home. People will take advantage of you because they know you are on your own with no parents. You will open yourself up to abuse or even possibly being murdered. Being hungry, and cold all the time and dirty because you have no home and live in the streets. Instead of staying at home in your own bed , with regular meals.
If you are having a hard time enduring rules now then you will be in for a rude awakening when you are an adult. As adults we also have to follow rules to survive. Don’t be in a hurry to grow up. The teen years may have a lot of angst and fighting with parents but you will look back someday and remember it all fondly. The years you were not swamped with responsibilities and debt. Enjoy this time. It will pass really, really quick.
I would need to know exactly why you want to run away. If you are consulting fluther for answers that means to me you need to stay home and get counseling. There are a lot of free online counseling services for teens.
If its bearable, get a job and move out.
If its not, ask for help from aunts, uncles or other trusted adults.
Moving out at 17 was the best decision I ever made due to alcohol abuse. Be safe.
Is there a therapist you can go to and talk about what the issues are? The issues may not go away but you will learn how to cope with them, or some tactics to use if your family is not being kind to you. If you are being physically abused, the therapist can help you by getting help from outside sources.
Running away will have a whole other bunch of problems, like where you are going to stay, your safety, how you are going to eat, where you are going to keep your stuff, where you are going to get money from. Staying home and seeking help from a therapist is probably the best way to go.
Also, it would be helpful to tell us your age.
A teen could be as young as 13, and you wouldn’t want to be on the streets and vulnerable at that age.
I don’t know what your problems are.
But.
I can tell you that most people who run from things, find they’ve taken their problems with them…
It’s likely that you will find new, and different problems, wherever you go.
*Wherever you go, there you are. *
I would call the local youth Emergency shelter. You can apply to the courts to be emancipated.
Where are you? Are you in the U.S.?
Resources will depend a lot on where you are and on how (and whether) you can get to them.
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