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Get Me Out!

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That picture up there? That's me. I'm a teenager in their final year of highschool, and like many teenagers out there, I want to get out of my household, which is getting worse by the day.My situation may be more mild than most, but I still think it's bad and it's still affecting my mental health.

I was born with cerebral palsy that affected my legs. I had a hard time speaking for a while and I walked on my toes instead of flat footed. My speech has gotten a lot better now, but I still stammer and jumble over my words sometimes. I still can't walk completely normal.

I lost my dad at the age of 11, just a month before I turned 12. He was everything I had. I had to live with a mentally insane mother and a social-anxiety laced sister. Unable to handle the abuse from my mom and neglect from my sister, I bailed to my therapist and got out.

At first, it seemed I had no where else to go besides the youth home I was currently in until my mother's sister popped up and offered to take me in. I only knew her once from being 7 and visiting another aunt. She seemed very nice, I had seen pictures of her home [and it's gorgeous!] and it was in a cool city known as Memphis.

She promised me safety. She promised me love and care. It was just a fake promise like every other family member gave me.

Love and care? I barely saw much love and the care was only there when I needed things [like for school or medical care]. I was promised she could talk to me whenever I needed, but I was constantly turned away because she was 'busy'. When I broke down while my sister was visiting, my aunt responded by taking away my laptop and ignored me for a full 2 days.

Safety never existed either.

My uncle is a hardcore alcoholic. He always had his episodes and reeked of the smell. It was a constant reminder of my abusive older brother I once had, and it gives me nightmares every night. My uncle decided he'd try to stop drinking. That ended up him snapping the night of my return from my trip to England and he had locked my aunt out of the house.

When I tried to let my aunt back in, he grabbed me and slammed me into the wall. I had tried to lift my hand to soften it but I only managed to hurt my thumb badly. It was bruised and swollen for atleast 3 days. To this day, he's still being insanely hateful and mean to both me and my aunt.

I'm done. I'm turning 18 in October and I'm leaving the day I turn 18. But I need funds to do so. I already have a place to stay, but I'd like to help around the house and bills instead of being a hobo at their place. I also will need to work on getting my own job, and I definitely don't want them driving me places without me paying them back.

Plus, as soon as I graduate from highschool at their place, I'm moving to England. I'll need funds for the Visa and plane ticket and who knows what other costs.

Please, I'm already depressed and having constant suicidal thoughts from living in this household [my aunt denies me from going to a therapist or a mental hospital for help] and if my uncle hurts me again, I'm scared it'll push me over the edge of killing myself. I'm suffering here, and I need to leave.

Just a dollar could help.

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Nemi Schultz
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Memphis, TN

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