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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

Coronavirus has caused me to become more angry. As much of an introvert/extrovert I am, more introvert, being inside has not been as great as people made it out to be. I haven’t been able to go outside like that. I don’t like being home anymore with my parents because they’re driving me insane. ... Being home has caused me to have to do more when I don’t want to. it’s getting to the point where I can feel my mental health declining due to the fact that i’m stuck inside looking at the four walls everyday. my parents won’t let me go outside or hang out with family or anything. i’m expected to just sit in the house and act like everything is fine, when it’s not. I haven’t seen my boyfriend since the beginning of March and I just want to be able to live my life. It comes down to me not being treated as an adult despite me turning 19 in Sept. I would just like to be anywhere that isn’t here dealing with these people who still look at me like a child. i’m still being monitored like i’m 8. the money in my bank account doesn’t belong to me. because my mother started my bank account, everything in there is hers and I must consult her before I make a purchase of even a penny. I am sick and tired of being locked in the house like i’m some type of animal. like i’m being sheltered from a world i already know the dangers of. I don’t understand why I must continue to be treated like a child but coronavirus has just brought out the worse in my parents and everything. I hate being home and I wish I had somewhere else to stay. I don’t want to be here with these people but i’m stuck here with nowhere else to go. at this point, as selfish or whatever it may sound, I’d rather be homeless than live another day in this house. that might sound dramatic and me being angry but i’m done with this.