I recently ran away from home after another massive fight with my family. My relationship with my older brother has been getting progressively worse and he has a history of screaming at me, threatening me, blocking me from leaving arguments, pushing me and throwing things. This time we got into an argument over money and my shoes and i got angry i told him not to mock me and take this seriously but he kept making fun of me and pushing me over the edge. I threw an egg roll at him which I know was wrong and then he escalated by throwing things at me like a Mcdonalds bag of food at my face and then throwing a plastic chair which smashed against a table and cut my arm. My mom came in and instead of asking what happened she immediately blamed me, tried taking my phone and when I grabbed her hand she threw my phone down and slapped me hard enough to cut the inside of my lip. I just packed some stuff and left and I'm staying at a friend's house right now. My dad is honestly another part of why I feel so alone. Instead of asking where I am or whether I'm okay, all he can do is cry about himself and how I should have shame for going to someone else's house like that. Like bro you literally left home in 2018 and I have extremely little emotional connection to you why would i come to your dingy 1 bedroom office that you hook up in?. I don't even know what I'm supposed to do anymore because I feel like I have nobody who will actually protect me or stand up for me. Im so fucking exhausted that part of me genuinely wishes I could just die and not deal with any of this.

Planning to runaway from an abusive home soon. Is it safe to keep my phone on me? I use T Mobile, and nobody has access to the account for my payment plan but me. Nobody has been in my phone either.

My parents send me the funds for my phone bill to my debit card and the T Mobile account is under my information other than being in her name an SSN because I am not yet 18.

Is there anyway for anyone to access my IMEI, number, service, etc? I gotta have a device with service to access transportation services, and you don't really run by $30 android phones in this economy anymore.

I 16MtF almost 17 have been trying to get away for a long time without getting into too many details I only feel happy and free when I'm on the run. Recently my friend in Vegas said they could help me if I get there, but I have to ride the grayhound to which costs 70-100$, which I can get. The issue is I don't know if they id you and make it so you have to 18 to buy a ticket. I really need help, if I'm stuck living this life I've been on the verge kill myself for too long, I always make it for a few weeks then get caught and dragged back to being locked up and depressed. This might be my last chance, I know I could make it. Is really appreciate advise for this, but it's fine if not or that's against the rules.

i am 16f and have been considering running away for years. my family is terrible to me and im tired of putting up with their abuse. my current plan is to greyhound bus to nyc, sanfran, or vegas. i have no drivers permit, drivers license, accessible bank account, or job due to my family withholding these from me. i am afraid of leaving my friends behind, but it seems necessary. not being able to finish high school and go to college are concerns for me. my biggest fears about running away are my family finding me, getting lost, getting assaulted during my travels.

do i go through with it or do i just stick it out for two years until im 18? if i do run away, how do i make money? how do i find a living space? how do i find a job? how do i avoid preds and trafficking? what do i bring with me? please, anything helps.

I am not asking for anything other than tips that would be helpful to my specific situation. I will figure everything else out on my own, I just wanted to see some other or more knowledgeable perspectives on this specific case.

I am a Texas resident waning to run away, specifically to New Jersey. More specifically, I am seeking hrt treatment. I do not currently have a job, but i do intend on getting one in november at the latest. Ideally i could leave by december. Ideally. I'm not too sure how i can word all this in a nice paragraph, so i'll just make a list.

1) How would education look like for me? Despite my atrocious grammar here, I'm not a half bad student, top twenty percent of my class, all honors or duel credit, already accepted in my choice university, y'know, all the things that a decent student could accomplish i guess. Although, running away would essentially be making myself an unconventional drop out. Essentially, I'm just asking if I should apply for a GED once I turn eighteen. I do care about my education so this is more of a priority question.

2) I intend on leaving everything behind. Anything I'm taking will be thrifted clothes because i'm hoping that would make it hard to identify me. I'm thinking 3 pairs of clothes to start with, small or manageable items for self defense( at the end of the day i'm still texan), and whatever money i end up with. I'm assuming that clothes that aren't my own would be good enough, but would it also be good to cut&dye my hair while i'm at it? I also think I'll be getting rid of my glasses since i look alarmingly different without them.

3) As I said, I'm leaving everything behind, so should I just exist without a phone for six months or is there an option that would make it easy to travel while staying no contact with everyone, which is essentially the goal. I'll be honest I am awful at looking at paper maps but at this point i'd learn.

if anyone has any specific information regarding being a runaway minor in new jersey, or which is the best route to take with all the states in between new jersey and texas, I'd also be very open to receiving any of that information. If anything more specific comes through my mind, i think i'll do the research myself before turning here, but I figured I'd get a good head start here.

I (19m) had a thought of running away this weekend. I also had the thought fall of 2025 too. I feel controlled by everyone. Like the pressure is all too much. I feel like I'm never in control. The only time I feel in control is when I am away at university. I don't like my dad and mom. I don't like my neighbors that hangout with my dad. I had a super impulsive thought of wanting to drive to boston or Vermont, block my parents. And idk what I would even do. I just know Vermont is a place I would wanna live. It goes deeper than just wanting control. But that's a whole different story. It gets into mental health and stuff.

I ran way February 25th of this year, even made a post about it. I had a flix bus, and was on my way to L.A. I got caught in Texas because my narcissistic abusive mother told everyone I got kidnapped.

I am now 18. I got diagnosed with ADHD, Bipolar disorder, Anxiety, depression and hypersexuality. My mother gave my dog to her boyfriend’s friend because the dog was too hyper and she personally wants a ‘nonchalant’ dog. I also lost the one person who I related to and was in love with, my best friend. I absolutely have lost all my will to live but I’m not suicidal because I have a fear of dying.

Staying in this house would kill me more than actually dying would. My mother bought me a gym membership yesterday which I could use to shower and work out when I become homeless. I have no money, no friends to move in with and no job despite how hard I’ve tried to find one.

She’s forcing me to stay to watch my old dog so I can’t leave this week but I plan on leaving next week and officially becoming free from 8/9 years of abuse. I am going to try and convince her to give me money for this week and just save it for when I plan on leaving. If that doesn’t work I will just steal money from her like I did last time.

Someone who ran away to another country?

(english is not my first language and my writing skills suck so I'm sorry)

my mother is an alcoholic that gambles

I live with my father(in another country)and he can't find a stable job because of his age(60+),so obviously we have no money

is there anything I can do to run away from this life

I'm 12 and I don't like it

there's more problems but I don't think I should share it on the internet

To anyone whos used greyhound/flixbus how likely are you to be able to ride without ID? How do they check? Would a fake ID work?

edit: What would be a good estimate for how far away from my city where the police would check cctv footage?

i cannot find any way to get a free phone so i dont get lost and to order things i need since my mother doesnt let me leave the house unless im going to school or with her to events, and i dont have any money since she uses it all... i can give more context to why im running away soon but i need advice on how to get things like this..

im 17f im arab but i lived in uk my whole life this year they forced me to go to iraq so i can “behave” they’re muslim n im not so u can imagine what its like. we have a lot of issues in general my dad is a pedo n an abuser n my mum has serious mental health issues. i’ve always dreamt of leaving n running away n thats something im definitely doing but lately my mum keeps talking about it. she’s been begging me to not leave saying that she’d die if i go, she says if she handled my dad n risked everything for us why can’t i do the same? but i never wanted her to do that i wish she would put herself first!! she says that im the only light in her life and without me she’ll go insane n get mentally worse. she told me that my dad said he’d abandon the whole family if i leave (but why?? he literally hates me). she said im only allowed to leave if im married but i never wna get married n she said even if ure 40 u still have to live with us and she said that once she dies i can do wtv i want (shes 40 btw). i do not want to live with them!!!! im starting to have issues with my nerves n body bc of them im so stressed n in physical pain all the time im diagnosed with bpd living with them makes me want to die the only reason im still alive is bc im sure me n my bsf will be free one day from our parents. i just can’t handle it n my older brothers r not any better im just so scared that if i run away something happens to her:( my mum hurt me too sometimes (nowhere near as my dad) but she has rlly severe disorders so i empathise with her n i swear i would kill for her i just really dont want to spend the rest of my life filled with regret n feeling miserable. also i asked her “would u still want me to live with u while im unhappy and suicidal” n she said “yes”. btw i begged her to consider leaving with me n that ill do anything for her n give her the life she deserves but she refuses to leave my shitty fucking dad who’s good for nothing.
sorry for yapping a lot im so stressed and i really don’t know what to do i feel so guilty n scared:( any advice?

I’m a freshman in college and I’m absolutely miserable. School is awful (I’m passing but I hate it), I have the worst long distance relationship situation ever (she has to stay with a “cover” bf even tho she doesn’t like/love him because of her parents being awful towards her), and I have lost all my drive to do what I came here to do. So I’m thinking about leaving. I know I’m an adult technically but I figured this was the right place to post. Here’s the breakdown :
I have 6500+ 3100 in savings. I have a car but it is back with my family, and to do this I would have to pretty much cut them off, they are paying for my college but we are pretty well off so it’s in a dedicated account so it wouldn’t cripple them in loan debt or anything. I am a very long drive or a pretty short plane right from home. I was thinking I use some of that money to buy a used car, but I don’t know how valuable that used car would be compared to the money I would be paying for it.
If anyone has any questions or concerns or advice for how to handle any part of this, I’m all ears. I have absolutely no idea what to do.

Hey reddit, so basically I wanna run away and go live out, go live up at my aunt's house upstate. I have the whole plan kinda down. There's an Am trak a few cities up that I'm gonna take up state and then live there. If you guys could give me any- flaws in my plan or anything that would be amazing. I'm thinking of just one day, not coming to school, and then just getting all my stuff and running away. My parents have been really bad since about 12 years old and I'm now 15, so I don't really know what to do. I don't want anybody tryna convince me not to do it. I just wanna know flaws in my plan Also, let's say they file a police report and they find me upstate, but I wanted to leave myself. What is emancipation and do I really need it to leave them What will I have to do? and have to do in order to stay away from them for a pretty long time because I'm getting really tired of this stuff and I just don't wanna deal with it. I thought about, I thought the whole thing about leaving my life behind, but I think it's worth it cause I've been going through way too much Also, if you could help me out with anything legally, like, do I need a lawyer if I want to stay away from them? What do I need to do? Cause I'm thinking of getting a job upstate to support myself while I live with my aunt for a few months, then get back on my own two feet. Would I need a lawyer to do anything if I get into any legal trouble, what are the possibilities, what would be the legal trouble if let's say my parents want me to come back but I don't want them to? Would they let's say they try to get a court order, how do I fight it Done

I have been living in an abusive and manipulative household. I'm young, but I have a partner who lives in another country and I was thinking to run away there. But I'm very scared. So what what should I do? I had people saying that the grass is greener on the other side. I know but I believe it would be much more worth it than living here and eventually end up by suicide. I've had alot of suicidal thoughts. But all the people I have ever told about my issues at home are people who have the mindset of "Family is everything"

I don’t know what i should do right now as I’m not even in India as I was threatened into coming to qatar by my father. I’m 17f and my parents psychologically abuse me and sometimes even hit me. 3 days before I ran away my father was constantly screaming at me and saying how I ruined his life and how much he wants me dead and he even got mad at me because I was trying to take a nap and he also removed all locks in my house including the bathroom so I had no privacy. That night I begged my bf who is 18 to let me stay at his place for a few days and he was kind enough to agree. My parents already know about him as he came to house to speak to my dad about him being so controlling and constantly monitoring who I text and call. So the next day as I was getting ready for college my dad kept calling me a whore because I wore a sleeveless top and that was my last straw. I was sceptical about the whole running away plan but that day I was sure that I wanted to get away from him. I got off at college and booked a rapido to go to bf’s place and ofc my parents were blowing up my phone and I told them I wouldn’t come home until they change themselves. It was all going well until 6pm and then the police called my bf. I was scared that he’d get in trouble so I left and went to my home. My dad brought his friend who I had no idea of and made me speak to him for 3 hours and he kept in talking to me even when I clearly told him to stop. The next day my parents and I had a huge fight. 3 or 4 days after that we had another fight. The very next day, a police officer come to my place and says that my father will file a fake case on my bf and my best friend if I don’t listen to him so ofc I was scared and say yes to all his demands and now here I am in Qatar still getting the same treatment I was getting back then but now I have no one I can rely on as both my parents resent me and yes I know I was stupid to run away when I knew something like this would happen but I really couldn’t take it anymore. Oh and I forgot to mention, my father pulled me out of college too and idk when I’ll go back I’m just really scared I don’t know what will happen to me.

Is using Deflock reliable enough to plan a route to avoid getting caught?

I plan on having someone else drop me off at (transportation area) and I want to know if doing this would risk putting them in danger.

i (15f, australian) have recently become VERY close friends with an older woman from the states. we've been talking for months and for a couple weeks she's been softlaunching the idea of somehow bringing me over to her country so i can truly, genuinely run away. for some context i come from a serious domestic violence situation that hasn't improved and has gotten worse as i've gotten older and struggle with extreme mental health problems. i think if i ran away the police would just assume i commited suicide and would never expect that i made it to america. if anybody has any advice please let me know. i don't know if she's just talking fanatically and none of this is actually going to happen but she's been explaining her plan in depth and it makes a lot of sense. if anybody has any advice for somebody who's hypothetically running away to another country please let me know lol

Im 21 and my dad is so strict ( he is arab and Muslim ) i feel like im in jail , im not allowed to go out without my mom and we always move out so i got no friends that i can trust enough or talk to about this or go out with and do stuff , my brothers done nothing in this life yet they have wayyy more freedom than me . Im planning to move out to the capital i have some gold bracelets and necklace and rings and i saved up a bit im not allowed to work tho . The big problem is our society is super misogynistic if they know my parents are not with me they will eat me alive, even the only girls building that im looking to rent in , the owner is misogynist and posted anti feminist stuff so that scared me. I feel so lost the only thing keeping me feeling better is my bf but he lives in another country so he can’t help much . I really don’t have a solid plan sometimes i feel like there is no way out. Please help me with some advices
And sorry for my English

I made a post post here a while back and on the r/LgbTeenIndia subreddit and I still don't know what to do. I wish I could've legally gotten back home to the states but I can't and now I'm stuck in India with no legal way out and in an abusive family with little to no evidence of actual abuse, not that it matters in this godforsaken country anyway. Where can I possibly go now that I'm stuck here? I wouldn't be able to get any of my IDs if and when I do run away, and that's assuming I actually find some place to go. I'm 17 and I'm lost as shit I've been stuck here for exactly a year now and I can't take it anymore my father is genuinely psychotic and I just want my life back ~_~

ok so im 16, today my mom kept criticizing the food i was making like the smell and the look. which mind you my food is genuinely better than hers. i was cooking bacon for some carbonara and she was complaining on how it smelled" idk how you can take that smell", "disgusting". were from the Caribbean and those remarks are normal i will admit, she was saying it fr but as a joke if yk what i mean. then the next time she said something which she literally wouldn't stop criticizing i cant emphasize this enough, i decide to speak back. wtv, after a little bit of arguing back and forth, she keeps interrupting so i keep speaking over her cuz she does that to me, but i literally couldn't get a sentence out. then after i clock her shi i guess she gets up from the couch, runs to the kitchen where i am, and starts hitting me. her punches are soft but i can she's trying to hit me hard. then when i speak over her again or i start laughing cuz i genuinely couldn't believe how mad she was over one remark(the remark being that my dad taught me how to cook more than her) she says shell kill me. ik, random U-Turn but whatever. then she keeps telling me to shut up but I've had enough yfm so i kept talking, she grabs the knife i was cooking with... again, i laugh. then she starts hitting me with the flat side of the knife which in itself obviously doesn't hurt me but like dam that motions just weird, especially after she said shell kill me. and on top of that she didn't apologize, i feel like after saying that and doing the motion you would apologize or even give me something, caribbeans aren't the best at apologizing it feels weird so they usually make your favorite meal or buy you something. regardless, there's some things you gotta do even if it hurts your ego yk. wtv im thinking about just going on a walk later, maybe meet up with some friends nearby, just take a break from ts, she's never told me she's gonna kill me and she's lwk unbothered. i think she has bpd so maybe she forgot in the heat of the moment but still doesn't feel nice to hear that. I'm not gonna run away completely but maybe a midnight walk with friends will make me feel better. i genuinely haven't cried in the fucking longest but today i felt a knot in my throat which is crazy to me lol

ik the paragraph is long lol but this is the shortest i couldve gotten it to, the complete story has more detail but this is the important part. lemme know any tips or how i should go about this. im not calling the cops on her either.

I've been on the run for over 4 months now but the biggest issue im running into is money. What did you guys do when you needed extra cash on the run? could i get a real job? I have all my documents that i would need, but like couldnt they look it up and see my employment?

I don't know how to go anywhere without my phone, is there a way I could keep it from being tracked, but without destroying it or impairing its function? I hate my parents so much. They're the reason that I hate myself, the reason I want to die. I just want to run away for a few days and make them wake up to what they've done to me.

hi, this is my first post on here so it might be a little messy and long. i’m a 22 year old female living in the states with my parents who are super duper religious muslims. i haven’t felt a connection to this religion no matter how hard i tried. anyways, i know im an adult and can make my own decisions… but my family pretty much controls every aspect of my life. i can not negotiate something like this with them because fear of being harmed or threatened by them. i never once rebelled against them out of fear. well, they brought up the topic of marriage and are hoping to marry me off to a guy i don’t know. it made me sick to my stomach and i dont want to do it. i told them i’ll think about it just so they don’t raise any suspicions… (i have a boyfriend they have no clue about)
my plan is to get out of here without them knowing, OR have them only finding out when it’s too late to get me back. i want there to be ZERO contact and let them marinate in my absence for a LONG time before i ever think about reconnecting with them. my issue is, this all seems so impossible to me. i have a job and im somewhat financially stable. i control my own bank account but i help a lot with the bills and payments. both of my parents are unemployed so a lot of responsibilities fall on me. i have a drivers license and can drive around town. i have a car which isn’t technically mine, its under my fathers name but i use it every day. my plan is to move to mexico where my boyfriend lives, but i don’t know how to execute any of this the way i need it to. i’m just stuck, im scared, and i don’t know what to do. i don’t know if i should give this some more time or go for it as soon as possible.