Please help! in need of a residential living place?

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Hi i am a 23 year old male currently living independently, and it is only somewhat working out. I basically sleep there, i go over to my parents house 5 nights a week and stay there for the evening. then go back to my place to stay the night and some of the day. I am able to cook and clean and use public transportation on my own. my parents and i think it would be best if i could live on my own all the time there. We have tried limiting the days that i dont come over to my parents house but that has not worked very well.

I am capable of living away from them, i did when i went to job corps.

Anyways what i would like to ask you all is if any of you know of a residential living place in the USA? currently i live in south Dakota. the only one i know of in my area is one where you have to have an iq below 70 to be accepted. and mine is around 120.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Okay, it sounds like you have some good understanding of your current situation. One thing, maybe just a vacation to give you and your parents a break? I mean, hate to make major lifestyle change when all that's maybe needed is a vacation. Then maybe be more aware to give your parents some nights off.

The little I've heard, job core is only so-so. But the upside, if you have the skills to do okay in apparently what was that shared living environment, probably the odds are in your favor for other shared living environments.

And please continue to dream. You sound somewhat like me, good IQ (but I haven't been measured) and then only patchy social and living skills. Maybe going to college and living in a dorm? And gaming out the academic and social aspect. When I lived in a male floor in a dorm in '82-83, I was surprised at the amount of physical bullying and attempted intimidation, less than junior high but more than high school. I like the theory of tight defensive boxing to a draw (snd no head blows during practice), and I like the idea that if I stand up for someone else, it's then easier to stand up for myself. And so, even if people disagree on specifics, I think this, too, is a set of learnable skills.