how to stop being so stressed out?

This may sting a bit. It's a skills shortage.

We live in a different world right now. Our country is spread financially thin. It will take a decade to rebound from march of 08'. Nobody understands that we live in an economy. (economics) Knowing about finances and economics will prepare you for the next recession. Every person will experience 6 to 9 recessions in a lifetime. What will you do when the next one comes. Just make it thru again or........

The rich are schooled in these areas. It is mandatory in private schools. My X's kid went to a private school. He learned how to read charts and a yearly report. He is 12 years old.

Sorry about being your mother. Then you saw this crash coming and invested properly. The game is whom is indebted to who. That is the economic way. If you don't believe that this is true, then look at all of your bills. You are giving your money to someone. I'm sorry. I am not trying to be mean. Just aware of lifes surroundings.

I hope and wish that you can get the breaks you need for success.

Good Luck and Blessing.

Oh thankyou, I have a skills shortage. Now you sound like my mother.

P.S. I do have skills and know about finances and economics actually. I do have a job, just not a very high paying one.
P.P.S. I went to a private high school.

I lost my high-paying job to the recession actually. About a month and a half ago. So stop trying to be a busy-body.

Let me tell you something about busy body. I have been on bottom twice. Two friend stole over 150k and ruined a 50 vending machine company. I have eaten tuna and rice for months just to survive.

Get up forge a new path. I have failed before, but I learned to pick myself back up. When I was 35 I was broke with nothing. 44 and I do well.

Ok so this is my take on it, sorry to offend you by any means. But how you react to peoples posts says a lot about how you might react to what your parents are saying. Sometimes someone can say something to us that might not be said the best way and way take it to a whole other extreme. Some guy on here says we don't have skills shortage. This is not true perse, but a financial skills shortage, yes. If you had a high paying job, why didn't you set aside an emergency fund? If you have only not had a job for a month and a half, you should DEF have enough money saved aside to not have to worry for about another 4 and a half months AT LEAST. These are the things they teach in "rich" schools, because even the rich have to deal with financial downfalls, but they can regroup and recover because they have learned to invest wisely and set aside money for emergency situations.

I, for one, can almost bet my life that i will never have an emergency fund. If all my bills are payed, i view the rest of it as my free spending money and blow it all in .25 seconds. So i'm not trying to be harsh on you, I'm just trying to get you to see both sides of the story.

Now, i'm not much older than you, but maybe how your attitude is *slightly abbrasive it seems* might be making it hard to communicate with your parents. Even if they are yelling at you during your sit down talks....stay calm. If you yell back, its sign of weakness, that you can't handle your emotions. If you feel you are going to freak out, take a moment and step out and come back when you are calmed down. When you put water on hot ashes it cools the situation. You will notice that they might speak more calmly if you sit and listen, without interrupting, and hear them out. If they say something like you are an idiot, ask them why they feel that way. I know it sounds rediculous to ask why someone might think you are an idiot, or retard, or whatever, but maybe your parents have bad communicating skills also and when they say things that are mean its because they don't know how to phrase it in another way. When you ask why then it helps express their feelings.

Also being young, we at times are unsure of ourselves and feel attacked by any little thing, let along a big thing. Also the mind hasn't matured enough yet to FULLY understand both sides. Just because you can understand your parents side doesn't mean you actually have to agree with it, just know where they are coming from.

This is all just what i THINK because i don't actually live with you and know how your parents are. But if they are really that bad, living in a car might be the way to go, sure its stressful and uncomfortable, but at least you won't have people breathing down your neck if you parents are the monsters you are kind of making them seem