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angelshreave
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Abusive/Overreactive Mother...Help Please
Trauma Support / by angelshreave
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 September 20th, 2016
...See more Hi, I'm a 13 year old girl who currently lives with her mother. My mother, father, and I came from another due to my father's work promotion when I was 8. Now that my father's deal is over, he now works back in our old country while my mother and I stay here in the US for my studies. I live with an abusive mother, both physically and emotionally. She gets mad at the slightest things such as waking up 2 minutes later than planned. I have been kicked out of my house 2 times before - once when I was 7 and once last year when i was 12. My mother's "disciplinary actions" aren't really disciplinary actions to me, they hurt me and scar me both physically and mentally. I have been beaten up countless times, including by a golf club. Hearing that I'm useless and that I'm a freak by my mother is just part of my life now to me - I hear it so much that I've gotten used to it - almost. Crying is another "misbehavior" to my mother. Whenever I cry, I get beaten up again, which really affects me negatively. I always get slapped in the cheek, and she always throws whatever she has in her hand at me whenever she is angry. She has hit me and kicked me in the stomach numerous times, using objects such as phones, slapping me on the cheek, pulling my hair, hitting me with rulers, etc. But when she gets her anger out, she is immediately aware of what she did and suffers in remorse until something arouses her anger out again. I'm really sad and sick of pretending that my life is great and happy. Sometimes, I try to talk my way out of her anger, but it's getting harder as I keep things to myself, and I feel like I'm keeping my emotions inside, with them ready to burst at any moment. I am not entirely blaming my mother for this however, I do know that I should be a better daughter by working even harder on my chores and trying my best to please my mother. However, this is getting harder and harder. I try so hard to control my emotions and I don't know if I can take it any further. My mother is a very kind and caring mother when she's not abusive, though. That's what kind of confuses me. When she doesn't have her sudden "bursts" of anger, she is very nice, which makes me scared to reach out for help. I'm afraid that if I do reach out for help, my mom's going to be affected negatively and find out that I have asked for help. I'm afraid that if other people know, my mom will get in trouble. I really love my mom and when she's not in her aggravated times, she can be a great mother. It's just that she can turn into someone different, and I don't like that. But I really need help. I am suffering, and I want to receive support. Thank you so much for reading this - it would mean so much to me if you left even a small reply showing that you care. :)
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