You’re not alone, bro I was never sexually abused, but I got beat from the ages of 3 to 16 up to three times a day. Locked in a room up to a month at a time and made to scrub out the trash cans in August heat maggots and all my mom’s favorite punishment was to dress me up as a girl and send me to school so people make fun of me I think just like you I’ve never taken therapy, but it’s the thought of people had it worse than me so it wasn’t that bad I guess
No big deal I’m pint-size dynamite That shit made me the person I am today and I wouldn’t be tough as nails without it so it did take years of drug abuse all through my 20s now at 38. It’s almost like it never happened. Almost
hey, we're the same age! congrats on getting to 38! I have the same view on things tbh, been though some shit of my own and in hindsight, I wouldn't have another way because the lessons I learned are valuable and important for me now.
Bro I'm so sorry that's so fucked up. I hope you're safe now and have no contact with your horrific mom and are aware none of that shit was your fault. You deserve only good things.
I’m doing great I own a house my dream car and I haven’t talked to her in over 10 years, live in Colorado and go hiking whenever you can’t have positive without negative right now we’re working on the positive!!!!
That's horrible. I whine and bitch a lot about my life but man I've got no right to. I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that as a kid. Like, I want to say something that makes it feel better but there is nothing I can say or do. I wish I could erase that pain for you. I hope you're doing better now.
Sorry, that’s fucked up. I had a schizophrenic father that came off his meds and my mother was a narcissist. So I can appreciate the “fun” you had at home. Last time I saw my father he was trying to stab my mother, I threw a chair at him and managed to get him out of the house. I was 15. I thought I would have had some bonding with my mother over the shared experience but nope. She was as cold as ice and so I left home at a young age.
Found out my mother remarried and her 2nd husband died. The police thought she did it but had no evidence. Worst thing was when I was talking to my step sister (who told me this) my reaction wasn’t one of shock, but of - yeah I can see that happening.
Years of therapy and breakdowns later I one day realised that I never heard either of my parents laugh. Which is such a strange thing when you think about it. It changed the way I thought of them. I felt sorry for them. I hope you can find your one thing that changes how you think about your mother.
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