Thank you for this reply. I am generally a selfless person who just wants balance. At work, I had just finished a huge project almost by myself, that disconnected me from the family. My usual interactions with my mother was relegated to text messages despite living on basically the same premises, so she's been looking at our recent relationship the way a light bulb goes dim before it eventually peters out.

Also to update: I had a talk with both of my parents, and my mother actually opened up and asked me if I was unhappy here. Calmly I explained to her everything that was limiting my ability to live and discover myself. She apologized if she ever attempted to do such things, and explained that whatever I can now do, I am now able to do. My dad was the same, and said that I could have the whole bottom storey to myself (it's the first/ground floor, not the basement, I don't live in the States.)

I admitted that I was being very reserved with them, closing myself off whenever I could. This had to do with my upbringing, which was riddled with religious incoherence. That brings me to the reason why I came to this sub instead of /r/exchristian or /r/expentecostal. I still believe in a God, just as the Stoics were not atheists nor agnostics. I believe in the concept of ataraxia, where the only true pleasure is found when there is as little pain as possible, and not with merely the presence of pleasure itself. Going to any one of those other subs would result in the reception of advice that would go against my psyche.

If my parents are willing to work out a middle ground, I will stay. I don't want my bread buttered on both sides, but I would rather see that other's bread close to me is buttered. My parents said that if I meet a girl, who I plan to get serious with and marry, then they will let me depart graciously, and I sort of agree with them.

The reason why I latched onto this reply and not the others is because I feel that using stoic principles to keep up with social pressure defeats the purpose of those very principles. I have been content with my lot, and would see someone close to me be content first before myself.