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I'm a 20 year old girl born and raised in London, we're all AKJ sikhs and are amritdhari.

I look at all the other Gursikhs around me, and they're allowed to go to smagams and Sikhs camps by themselves without their parents. Mine say even in Sikhi related stuff you're not allowed anywhere alone because people will talk. I'm not allowed sleep overs at my amritdhari friends houses. I can't go to the movies with anyone. I'm not allowed to go shopping by myself, my mum has to be there with me. Since I was born, I have no memory of going to a friends house just to hang out. I'm not allowed to move out to go to uni. I'm not allowed any social media, no instagram or facebook. I'm constantly miserable and depressed because they are keeping me in jail and I cant stand it! Sikhi says to respect your parents and I do, its just difficult when they act like hitler!! I'm 20 years old and have no friends because I'm not allowed out to see them and they lose interest in talking to me ! I'm going mental and I just want to run away! What should I do?

I'm a 20 year old girl born and raised in London, we're all AKJ sikhs and are amritdhari.

I look at all the other Gursikhs around me, and they're allowed to go to smagams and Sikhs camps by themselves without their parents. Mine say even in Sikhi related stuff you're not allowed anywhere alone because people will talk. I'm not allowed sleep overs at my amritdhari friends houses. I can't go to the movies with anyone. I'm not allowed to go shopping by myself, my mum has to be there with me. Since I was born, I have no memory of going to a friends house just to hang out. I'm not allowed to move out to go to uni. I'm not allowed any social media, no instagram or facebook. I'm constantly miserable and depressed because they are keeping me in jail and I cant stand it! Sikhi says to respect your parents and I do, its just difficult when they act like hitler!! I'm 20 years old and have no friends because I'm not allowed out to see them and they lose interest in talking to me ! I'm going mental and I just want to run away! What should I do?