<prompt> Human: I am almost 24 and caught in the middle of an abusive household. The abuse comes from my mother, who suffers from several sever psychological disorders. Most of it is mentalemotional, but it does occasionally get physical. I live in a VERY expensive city, and make about 2400month gross. After taxes I take home about 1800month, plus 150-600 in bonuses. I also have 3000 saved in an emergency fund.I have found an apartment that is as cheap as I can get in this city, but because I dont make very much, I know it will be tight. I need your help deciding whether to have my sanity and no money, or to be able to save moneypay debts while living in a toxic environment. Heres the potential breakdown of expenses if I get out: Rent: 768 Utilities: 120 Car Payment: 300 I have about 3-4 more months before its paid off Renters Insurance: 25 Groceries: 250-300? Not sure how much to budget here Gas: 150 Personal Expenses cat foodlitter, shampoo, tampons etc.: 50 SavingsDebt: 150It will be tight until my car is paid off, but I am unsure how much my student loan payments will be or what my options are when they become due. I know I need to get out before I self destruct, but I worry that Ill be trading the problem of abuse for financial problems.Thank you for your input ahead of time :Assistant: Yes, its worth it. Being broke and safe is a thousand times better than sharing the roof over your head with a toxic person - especially if shes abusive. If youre in danger, dont fret about your finances - get out of the house, locate a cell phone and call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.Human: Thank you for the kind words. I guess abusive is a bit of an extreme term. Its mostly just endless screaming, guilt trips, and verbalmental abuse more than anything. A shove here or there but Ive lived with it over a year now and although its getting harder, I dont want to replace stress from home with stress from finances. I guess I know I need to do it, I just want any advice about how to do it intelligently, given my current financial situation.  <response>: Verbal and mental abuse is still abuse. If the cost of living is high where youre at, Im guessing that means youre in a big city - which means you shouldnt have too much trouble finding someplace to stay to get away from this abuse. This site will give you the location of local shelters - even if you dont think the abuse is that big of a problem, itd still be worth it to go someplace just for the short term and talk to somebody about your situation, and how to get out ASAP: 