I’m 25 but my father won’t allow me any freedom… I feel so stuck
DEAR DEIDRE: MY father treats me worse than an animal. I’m a 25-year-old woman, but I’m not allowed any freedom.
He is an anti-vaxxer and won’t allow me any medical tests, or healthcare when I am ill.
Since leaving school, I haven’t had any friends as he won’t allow them to visit.
I can’t go out alone, or use a phone.
Asking him for more is hopeless as he always says he knows what is best for me.
Working part-time, cleaning for a friend of his, I was saving money to get away.
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But that stopped during the pandemic and my dad wouldn’t let me return.
I only have £230 and know that isn’t enough to set up a home on my own.
Help, I feel so stuck.
DEIDRE SAYS: Family can be the perpetrators of domestic abuse and your dad’s treatment is very concerning.
Contact Women’s Aid (womensaid.org), who can advise you how to get away safely.
There are government grants that support domestic abuse survivors who flee and set up a new future.
