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just need a shoulder to cry on...

the story is this. a few months ago my mother decided to move in with her boyfriend and rent the house out to me and whoever else she found to move in. after the initial stress of having my financial situation suddenly changed on me (I was paying board previously, but this was much more), I resigned myself to the idea that there really isn't a choice in the matter - I can't afford to live on my own. she's had a couple of tenants since then - both short-term and one at a time. It worked OK, 'cause we basically kept to ourselves and each lived our own lives.

now there's two new guys in. they're good friends, and like to have their friends over and drink lots and try and get me to sit out there talking with them. I hate it. I need my time alone. my stress levels are rising and don't look like stopping anytime soon.

my mother is thrilled at the prospect of having two strangers move in with me and assimilating me into their lives (because mine is so pitiful - how horrible to spend all that time alone), and thinks I should be thrilled too. wonderful

so now I feel like I'm trapped - I spend all my time in my room and I don't want to go out there. things like food have to wait til I'm on my own. for the last two weeks I've been averaging one meal a day - and I can't afford to lose weight, I have none to spare.

*cries

I had a similar situation a couple years back. A new roommate moved in and she constantly had parties, she and her friends would take over the living room about 5 nights a week. They also insisted on me sitting up there with them and talking to them, I remember one time just going to make a snack and one girl comes around the corner into the kitchen and gives me this huge hug (wouldnt have been bad if she wasnt a big beastly women). Meanwhile her friends are snapping pictures and she starts telling me how hot I am and weird stuff like that.... So like you I stopped eating, eating meant going upstairs and having to deal with them. Thinking back now, I remember crawling out my window a few times because I didnt want to talk to them on my way to the store... lol, now thats antisocial!

I don't like having roomates either. When i lived in residence at school, it was a most hellish time.
But, if you really don't enjoy spending time with them, you don't have to feel bad about not hanging out with them. Whats the point of doing something that just makes you feel miserable? You don't have to let them make you feel bad about it though. Even though its hard, you'll have to learn to just ignore those other people and try to get on around them.
I used to have problems eating too, I wouldnt want to wash dishes or use the microwave when there was other people in the kitchen and sometimes I would not eat very much and get sick from lack of energy.
I would suggest having some food handy that you can just keep in your room as a snack, just so you'll have more to eat regularly... like a bag of apples, rice cakes, trail mix, etc....
If I snacked a lot between my "one meal a day", then it ended up helping me feel a lot better.