Violent twin brother

[CharcoalHeadphone]

Im a 17 year old male, with a very violent twin brother. While he is very different to people outside of the house, in it, he has the emotional maturity of a 7 year old. He is prone to temper tantrums, screaming and jumping like a little kid. He regularly insults and berates me in and out of public. (If I walk by and ask him what he's doing, a common response is "Get the fuck away from me, cooter! You have no friends!") If I do anything that anoys him enough, (and most things I do anoy him) be belives he has the right to punch me. It has always been this way, and on an average month ana a half basis, I have a sore body part at his hand.
Things are compounded by my parents. Due to his violent outbursts, I have to
walk on eggshells. At times, I have been told by my father that I deserve beeing hit, as I "drove him to his breaking point." This has included wanting to brush my teeth at the same time he is taking a shower, which resulted in a punch to the back of the head. (We have a shower curtain that cannot be seen through.) If my brother wants to use a room I am in, all he has to do is scream enough, and my mother will help him in hitting and dragging me out of the room.
After beeing punched in the back of the head I informed my parents the next day that the next time he did it, I was calling the police. I was told that if I did, I would have no place to live. They also claimed that I would be arrested for being part of a domestic disturbance and for disobeying my parents. I think they are full of shit about me being arrested, but the being kicked out is a problem. I am currently trying to get in to college, and as much as I hate to admit it, I need their help in the admissions process. I have no other relatives or friends that can.
What are your thoughts? Should I call the police and risk my future, or put up with these volatile people untill I get to college? While my family fights all the time and our parents have raised us by hitting us when we misbehaved, I have never been truely beaten. My life is not at risk. But this is ridiculous. I shouldn't have to put up with my brother's violence. (Plus, I think my parents are mostly bluffing. If I were kicked out during the warmer months and had already been acepted to college this would be less of a risk. All I think I would face would be a few nights in the park.)

[KaelKaos]

Im a 17 year old male, with a very violent twin brother. While he is very different to people outside of the house, in it, he has the emotional maturity of a 7 year old. He is prone to temper tantrums, screaming and jumping like a little kid. He regularly insults and berates me in and out of public. (If I walk by and ask him what he's doing, a common response is "Get the fuck away from me, cooter! You have no friends!") If I do anything that anoys him enough, (and most things I do anoy him) be belives he has the right to punch me. It has always been this way, and on an average month ana a half basis, I have a sore body part at his hand.
Things are compounded by my parents. Due to his violent outbursts, I have to
walk on eggshells. At times, I have been told by my father that I deserve beeing hit, as I "drove him to his breaking point." This has included wanting to brush my teeth at the same time he is taking a shower, which resulted in a punch to the back of the head. (We have a shower curtain that cannot be seen through.) If my brother wants to use a room I am in, all he has to do is scream enough, and my mother will help him in hitting and dragging me out of the room.
After beeing punched in the back of the head I informed my parents the next day that the next time he did it, I was calling the police. I was told that if I did, I would have no place to live. They also claimed that I would be arrested for being part of a domestic disturbance and for disobeying my parents. I think they are full of shit about me being arrested, but the being kicked out is a problem. I am currently trying to get in to college, and as much as I hate to admit it, I need their help in the admissions process. I have no other relatives or friends that can.
What are your thoughts? Should I call the police and risk my future, or put up with these volatile people untill I get to college? While my family fights all the time and our parents have raised us by hitting us when we misbehaved, I have never been truely beaten. My life is not at risk. But this is ridiculous. I shouldn't have to put up with my brother's violence. (Plus, I think my parents are mostly bluffing. If I were kicked out during the warmer months and had already been acepted to college this would be less of a risk. All I think I would face would be a few nights in the park.)
Hmm, You are not the one at fault here and you know that. You can't control your brothers violent outbursts and don't deserve to be dealing with them. But you have a little dilemma, do you wait until you get into a college or call the police now risking getting kicked out? If you have no physical evidence for the police, I don't think calling them will do much, as your parents will most likely not comply. Do you have a friends house you could stay at for awhile, or maybe a relatives? They don't necessarily have to help you with college admissions but they can give you a place to get away.

[Ballin2much]

going to college, eh? well, i think you should stay. if you are really fed up with it, and you want to leave, you could probably find someone to help in the admissions process, i.e teachers, any friends, etc, etc


dont you have any relatives at all?

[CharcoalHeadphone]

I dont have any relatives I could turn to. My father was abused as a child and thus has broken off contact with his family, and my mothers family disowned her for marrying him, as just before I was born my father was a drug addict and increadibly violent. (He is no longer an addict and isnt very violent, but he still has a temper.) And I don't have any friends, really. Im very eager to get to college and make some. But thats a different story.

[foof1]

You twin brother is using his behavior to control your parents. Family counciling could work but I don't know how you could work that out. If I were you I'd move out as fast as I could and if your going to college, don't got to a local one. If you now want to go to college but don't have the grades for it, work as hard as you can.