The 3 AM Alarm: Escaping My Toxic Family
Language: en
My grandmother has this obsession with making me go to bed early and waking me up hours before I need to. I start work at 8 AM, but she wakes me up at 5 AM. Every time, I have to lie to her: "It's already 9 AM! I'm going to be late!" just to get her to stop. Over time, the severe sleep deprivation gave me chronic anxiety and neurasthenia. I was even called out by HR multiple times for zoning out. One more mistake, and I'd be fired. I begged my grandma: "I set my own alarm. I don't need you to wake me up!" She wiped her tears, acting like the victim. My dad saw this and slapped me…