u/Imaginary_Orchid_386

I’m 16 and my dad owns a store, so I’ve been working there basically every day. It started off as “helping out,” but now it’s like a full-time job with overtime… except I don’t get paid. My schedule is usually around 9 AM to 9 or 10 PM, sometimes longer. By the time I get home, I’m exhausted and don’t even feel like a person anymore, just someone who worked all day. The worst part isn’t even the work itself, it’s that I don’t have control over anything. I can’t choose when I work, I don’t really get breaks, and if I try to do something for myself, it gets interrupted. I recently got my own room for the FIRST time and moved all my stuff in. Two days later, I got told I have to move everything out because workers are moving in. I don’t even have my own space anymore. I feel angry all the time now. Small things set me off, like someone wasting my time or changing plans last second. I know it sounds stupid, but it feels like my whole life is just being controlled. I have something I actually enjoy, *video editing* and I want to build something out of it. But I barely have time or energy, and it feels like I’m slowly losing that too. -I’m not suicidal or anything, I just feel trapped. Like I’m watching my time disappear and I can’t do anything about it right now. Has anyone else been in this situation? How do you deal with it without completely burning out?