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Teardrop Harmony
February 10th, 2012, 11:49 AM
you know how sometimes you hold off from telling someone what happened in your past, well i have held back for long enough.

My name is Taylin. There is more than meets the eye with me. In my pictures i always looks happy but they were all just a front, one i had on while out of the house.

My mother died when i was 14, and whne it happened i dint care why because i knew it wasnt something pleasant. i have my suspicions but you'll understand later why i think my stepfather has something to do with it.

i came home one evening and saw two police cars around my house and one took me into the kitchen and told me that my mother was dead.

you know that horrible numb feeling when you want to hurt and cry but nothing happens? that was one of them. i think part of thi is because 18 months before i rediscovered my brother who was taken into care when i was half a year old. we'd spoke for a for a few months and he came over and was reunited with my mother and I. everything was perfect til his christmas road trip with his college friends. a truck caught his car and he was killed instantly under the front wheel. all the others were critically injured but survived.

these two deaths cause a horrible sickness in my throat everytime i think of them.

now i bet you are all thikning why has she posted her 'heart wrenching attention seeking story' on here. well i'm coming to that. see that is just the background information. that is the emotional pain i was suffering when it started.

once my mother died i was left in the care of my mothers last husband. he never lifted a finger while she was alive, he was a calm contented manand i honestly thought with him looking after me i might just survive loosing my mother (rip).

Funny how you can always be wrong about people.

it started with yelling, everyday everynight he would yell at me telling me i was a weak useless whining piece of crap. i couldn't deal with it i cried aand cut til i felt empty every night.

i thought maybe it will just only ever be verbal. until i had a detention for skipping a class. i came home an hour late knowing the school had phoned home. he was ironing his work shirt for that evening. he didnt say a single word. until i walked out the front room. i felt him press the hot iron onto my back, felt the fabris burn and my skin blister as he told me what was running through his head. he iron luckily wasnt even on when he pressed it on me but it was hot enugh to still scar my skin now.

until i was 16 i endured his beatings from an aray of weapons his favoured weapon was the wires. if i didnt reply quick enough or do something for him he'd wait for me to do something else and strike me repeatedly with eletrical wires.

i have so many other things i could report to you all but they are not worth the tears anymore.

i escaped and he isnt allowed near anyone under 16. but i still cringe when men raise their hands for what ever reason (unviolently) when men are serving in bars or ask to talk to me.

iv put this to say abuse is scarring and always will be for anyone. yes you move on but you never forget.

if you are being abused in any way just GET OUT! report them do something, dont let the memories grow in number

Breakeven
February 10th, 2012, 12:53 PM
awwww ur such a strong person :)

shadowhunter320
February 10th, 2012, 01:31 PM
im sorry to hear this, and im glad youre out of it. i was in a similar situation and have the same advice.

Carlyle
February 10th, 2012, 09:07 PM
I'm glad to hear you got out and made it through that horrible situation :) The thing to realize is, its not always as easy as getting away from the situation. Some people are too frightened because they may have been threatened. Really though, good job. But if you ever need to talk about what happened, we're here :D

Desuetude
February 11th, 2012, 04:00 AM
It was worth you posting and no you are not attention seeking. If you feel you need to get out what you are feeling then that's what the forums are here for.
Im so sorry you had to go through that, all of it. The losses, the abuse, you are none of the things he called you. It's great that you got out, you should be very proud of yourself and don't lose heart because of what happened. It will be hard but you have to try and put the past behind you so you can move on properly. Good advice to others though, it's nice to hear people's stories where things have gotten better. :-)

Mortal Coil
February 11th, 2012, 07:02 AM
You're not attention-seeking, but your story is heart-wrenching. I've been a victim of some ugly shit, but nothing like this.
I'm truly sorry about the fact that you had to go through this, and the emotional and physical scars it has left you with. I hope you know that it doesn't define who you are as a person and that here on VT we're always here for you.
Also, it's never easy to leave an abusive situation, a lot of people just pray for the day when they will be able to get out of their situation and stop letting the memories add up.

monkeydo
February 11th, 2012, 06:48 PM
Thanks for sharing what you went through, because I'm sure it wasn't easy bringing all that up and writing about it. I'm not a violent person, but honestly hearing what you went through makes me think about the violent things I would like to do to the man who did this. But I have discovered for me the best way to cope with stuff is to pity abusive people like him and to look down on them because they're so pathetic. I'm glad you're free of him though and just hope he never has the chance to hurt anyone else. It's just so sad because it's all so pointless.

Teardrop Harmony
February 11th, 2012, 09:14 PM
I won't pretend that getting out of an abusive situation isn't hard and damm scary but the longer you wait the less likely you are going to be able the push yourself out. You do start to believe the words that get yelled at you and you start to feel like you deserve what is happening even though deep inside you know you actually don't. I just want to beg you guys that are in those situations to.speak out!!! Every person that frees themselves frees another by that I mean you have the freedom to no longer feel afraid and if you stup up and speak up then more than likely ur abuser will be stopped.
Ask yourself this please: when is it Ctually going to stop? When will that person have enough? If you dont do something to.get out it won't. Don't let those people win!!! They don't deserve to come out on top but by god you do!!!