This Redditor’s Mom Decided She Didn’t “Need” Her Medication - So She Threw It In The Trash

Reddit user u/Tasty_Dog6028 is a 24-year-old woman who, until recently, was living at home with her parents while managing depression and anxiety. She works an online marketing job, contributes to household expenses, and mostly keeps to herself due to past trauma that makes leaving the house overwhelming.

Over the past few months, her parents had grown increasingly vocal about their concerns. They warned her that she’d “never have a good life” unless she pushed past her comfort zone, insisting she just needed to try harder.

Things escalated after her mom spoke with friends who believed the OP’s medication was “numbing” her. Suddenly, her treatment plan became the villain of the story, and her mom began pressuring her to stop taking it altogether.

Then came the moment that changed everything. After returning home from seeing her best friend, the Redditor realized her medication was missing—and her mom casually admitted she had thrown it away.

Panic set in fast. The OP searched the trash in disbelief, but it was gone, leaving her scrambling to figure out how to get a refill just to function.

That night, she packed a bag, called her best friend, and left. She’s been staying there since, while her parents have been calling nonstop.

Now she’s behind at work, stressed, and wondering if she’s wrong for not answering their calls. But after someone literally tossed out the one thing helping her manage her mental health, she’s questioning whether silence might be the only boundary she has left.

That night, she packed a bag, called her best friend, and left.

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Here’s the original post by Reddit user u/Tasty_Dog6028.

I am a 24F that was currently living at home with both of my parents. I suffer from depression and anxiety and don’t really have a good social life as I am scared to leave the house (I have a lot of trauma). I hold down an online marketing job and I provide money for bills and food. Over the past few months my parents have been becoming progressively more worried about me. Saying things like “if you don’t get over this you won’t have a good life, you won’t have family” and “you need to push yourself out of your comfort zone”. However in the last few weeks after my mum talked to her opinionated friends believe that my medication is ‘numbing me’ and it is the reason for all this. She had been trying to get me to stop for the last 2 weeks before this happened. Two days ago , I got home after seeing my only bestie, and was getting ready for bed and couldn’t find my medication. I asked mum is she had seen it around and she stated that “ it wasn’t good for me and I threw it out”. I immediately started panicking, rummaged through the garbage, but it was nowhere. When my parents went to bed I got a backpack of my things called my bestie, and for now with her permission I am living there. My parents have been spam ringing me for the last 2 days, but I want nothing to do with them. They pushed their values onto me and now I have to go to the doctor again to get the medicine I need to function, due to this I am behind work and am filled with anxiety. Am I the asshole for not responding?

Let’s see how the Reddit community reacted.

dryadduinath

Those meds aren’t meant to be gone off cold turkey.

Gingereej1t

You’re an adult, you’re allowed to leave home.

Impossible_Balance11

Good on you for standing up to them.

xanadeux

That’s abuse!

wasteoftimewarrior

You need to protect yourself.

SandrineSmiles

Don’t go back.

Individual_Ad_9213

NTA.

lavasca

What she did was dangerous.

memo-pause

It will be good for you to get away.

Enough_Basis_8935

You should report them.

SophiaIsabella4

She crossed a line.

BlueRayman

She put your mental health in danger.

Impressive_Rush5018

Now, the Redditor is left picking up the pieces—rescheduling doctor appointments, catching up on work, and trying to calm the anxiety that never should’ve been triggered in the first place.

As the missed calls keep rolling in, she’s standing firm in the one thing she can control: her boundaries. And after someone literally threw away the medication that helps her function, a little distance might not be avoidance—it might just be self-preservation.