abuse

my whole life i've been physically, verbally and sexually abused by my family and i've never really thought much of it until my brother's girlfriend ran away and stayed at our house for a couple days. after those few days, she couldnt stand being at our house anymore because of my mom constantly beating me. the more i think about it, the more i've realised that she's probably right... what should i do about it? is physical abuse really that bad that i should call the police on her?

I use to be abused by my father. I'm still verbally abused by my family. They make me feel worthless, and stupid. It sucks because I know that I'm not, but when they start in on me, I can't help but sit back and think...am I really?

But yeah...my dad use to hit me and my brother. That was part of the reason why I tried to kill myself, and I started cutting...neither of which I am still doing so DON'T jump on me about it. Lol.

I never called the police because I too love my father. When my mom found out what I was doing, I went to the doctor with my mom and my dad and I told them everything. When I said that a major part of it was my dad hitting me, he got really upset about it, and he went and got help. He was abused when he was younger, and he was a marine and I don't know...it's like that was all he knew.

You really do need to talk to someone about this. Lke Brittany (sorry if I spelt it wrong) said...a TRUSTED adult. Don't talk to one of your friends about it, unless you just want them as support. My friends didn't help me at all. Well...they just listened to me cry and all that, but they weren't the ones that got me the help.

So yeah...I hope that helped. I'm here if you ever want to talk.

Though friends can care for you more than "trusted adults", there are few people in this world that I consider "helpful", you just have to find the right person to talk to, either a freind or adult, someone who understands the pain of body, heart, and mind.

Brittney, I think they like us ;)

I pretty much agree with Brittney, you have to talk to a trusted adult and tell the adult about the abuse. Just because you didn't realize that it was serious abuse before your brother's girlfriend came doesn't mean that you shouldn't do something about it. You might be used to it, but you still need help.

If its as serious as you make it out to be then yeah you really should do something about it. Your parents are in a position of trust, they are you main care takers and that is their job - to care for you. If they are abusing that trust darling, then you have to start thinking ahead of the ramifications it will have on you for starters as you grow up (relationships with others) and particularly to the stage where you have lil ones of your own. If you know no better than physical, mental, verbal and sexual abuse from your parents your entire life, then how do you think you will treat your children one day?

Domestic violence is a vicious cycle that you need to remove yourself from as soon as possible.

Seek professional help for yourself (psychology or counselling) and also for your abusive parents (police, child services) no one deserves what you are going through - stay strong :o) xoxo

No one deserves to be hurt, my exboyfriend use to hit me and tried to rape me several times and i hated it. i never told anyone b/c he was older, but ppl don't deserve to be hurt....whether you want to tell someone is up to you, but by not telling someone you can only hurt yourself. when i first got hit i blamed myself and after that it only got worse, my parents noticed and i had to keep it a secret and lie and say i got into a fight. since then he hasn't left me alone and stalks me...but if you really think it should stay a secret, keep it. but think about the danger you put on yourself if you don't.