I'm 22 and still live with my controlling mother. I want to leave her, but every time I bring it up, she insists she needs me or belittles me and says I need her.
DEAR ABBY: I’m 22, and when I was in my teens, I was sheltered. I was often in trouble for something little. My phone was taken away from me for months, and I wasn’t allowed to do anything besides go to school. It caused me to develop social anxiety.
She does things for me as an “act of kindness,” but it feels like she does it so I’ll need her or it will never get done without her. I don’t know how to get out of this situation. What is the best way to handle it? -- SHELTERED IN TEXAS
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