In distress over bullying from sister

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I've obviously had autism all my life, I am 26. I got diagnosed this year. Me and my siblings were spoilt since young and now my sister and I are the only ones left in the house w my parents. She is 23 and has been bullying mostly in the form of manipulating me and personal attacks for 7 years now since I turned 19. Like changing something on purpose to confuse me or make fun of me for singing the same songs over and over when I wash dishes. She brings a friend over all the time because she knows it makes me shy and not want to come out of my room.
I'm to the point where I am seriously contemplating suicide or just driving away somewhere. Cause I have already went thru meds and therapy, and inpatient for severe depression. And my parents are just starting to figure out from recent family therapy that my sister is severely harming me by what she is doing. When they ask her to go to therapy w us, she always says no, and they won't force her. Yet, I am forced to go to therapy, take meds(I'm not right now out of sheer tired of it all), and live in fear because every time I stand up for myself she or her friend makes a big deal out of it for attention. They are the only ones in my family that think I use depression and my autism to get attention and are jealous because of it. They just overlook the fact that I get overwhelmed and stressed and need more help than the average person. My dad knows this. My mom still enables them to do bully me (makes it easy for them) because she will let them get away w doing the manipulating in hopes I can overcome them. It's been 7 years. I'm f'ing tired and need relief.

Your words rang so true with me because I had a very similar situation. My brother, five years older than me, bullied me the whole time I was growing up. I finally caught a break when he went away to college when I was 13. Until he came home on breaks... It was so bad that I now have an affirmation by my computer that says: I now release the past. I have to remind myself of that at least several times a day. Another one I have, that doesn't really apply to me now (I'm retired) is: I have the freedom to create a new life for myself. That one is for you.

I recommend you set your overall goal of getting out of that house and into your own place. If you are working, make the most of it; work overtime if you can. That will help you save the cash for a deposit on an apartment plus it will keep you out of the house that much longer. If you aren't working, start the process to get employed--online resources, networking, scanning for open positions at various companies, whatever.

Please do not consider harming yourself as an option. Just driving away is much better than that. You must be in or near a fairly large city to have both a diagnosis and a therapist so you should not have to go very far to get an apartment or even a job if you need it. PM me if you have questions or just need to talk to someone who has been there.

I have a sister who was a bully when we live together, it was a NIGHTMARE living with her, we both did bad things to each other. I was living on my own, my mom died & I moved in with my sister in our mom's house, my sister did worst damage than me. I'm living on my own again, but unfortunately I still need her, we inherited money from our mom, she is in charge of my money, I HATE IT!! I shouldn't ask her for my money.

I'm starting to think I'm in a similar situation. Ever since she turned twelve, my sister has been mocking my stimming and even stealing money from me (I hide it so she obviously went snooping for it). She talks crap about me to her friends and calls me pathetic for being a brony.

I agree with NeilM. The best thing to do is move out ASAP. I'm doing the same thing. The hard part is finding a stable income. In the meantime, surround yourself with people who care. Cover your walls with things that make you happy. Find a nice spot in town where you can get away from home for a bit. You can escape this, it just takes time. In the meantime, take care of yourself. Remember that what she is doing is wrong and has nothing to do with you and everything to do with them. If she is 23, she is independent enough that her parents don't have to put up with her behavior. They can tell her to stay at a friend's house during breaks or something until she behaves better. It's their house, not hers. I'm shocked they allow this behavior to continue on the off chance that you won't kill yourself. That's super irresponsible. Have you confronted your parents about it? Again, surround yourself with good people and positive things.

rats_and_cats, amazingly parents can let a lot of things go on that we would find totally amazing. In my case, I know now my mother was quite psychotic didn't appear to know how children were supposed to act toward each other. I first discovered this thru graphology and, even if you don't believe its a valid science, everything I have read about psychosis since then has fit her perfectly. As for my father, he worked a lot and had different shifts so the times he was home and not sleeping were few. Bottom line, one of my earliest realizations was that I was pretty much alone in the world, I didn't have a parent who would stick up for me.

As I say to myself everyday, I NOW RELEASE THE PAST!

I have talked to them about feeling that way to my parents. It's for the reason she is older that they let her come and go how she pleases. My mom talked to her, but that hardly works. My mom thinks I am joking sometimes when I tell her how I feel like the story "the boy who cried wolf". My friend intervened and called the police because I was at a breaking point. They checked on me and I went to a emotional health facility. I am at home now for a night before transfering to another cause of insurance. I still feel pretty hopeless. I've been thru this before, going to a hospital because I hit my breaking point. I am so friggin tired of waiting and being patient. My parents have made me go to a friend's house before to get away from my sister.
My sister has this friend that she totes around w her. They are practically everywhere together. Yet, I have to be the one to leave. I can't stand it when someone I don't KNOW is in the house. I've tried to get used to her but she does what my sister does a lot. She even yelled at me once when I was trying to talk to my sister. She made it seem like I was trying to hurt my sister once when I didn't.
Thanks for the advice.

Kitty and rats and cats, I'm sorry about your money situations. Kitty, I can see how that is hard to do since money is so essential. I hope you get some good income for your own use.

Are you able to live on your own?

Whether paying rent/life expenses via employment income or some sort of welfare, it sounds like you might live a happier less stressed life if you lived on your own and simply visited your parents or had them visit you if your sister makes your home atmosphere so stressful and toxic that you get hospitalized for feeling suicidal over it.