my moms ex would put me in timeout which consisted of standing with my nose against a wall and my arms to my sides every day for almost a year. did this to basically get rid of me so he could have my mom all to himself. he died in jail a couple years ago though so fuck him! lol
My parents were so permissive that my brother ended up dying as a teenager because he wasn’t wearing a helmet while skateboarding. Leaving me as an only child at 16 with my two abusive parents.
When I was 4 My mom killed my infant brother due to postpartum psychosis and went to prison for 12 years, leaving me briefly with a traumatized, drug addict father and his abusive family before my maternal grandparents took me in. Both of them died with a couple months of each other when I was 12 and I went into the system (pure hell) for six years until I turned 18 and moved into my own.
There’s one I cannot even talk to anyone about… And also being made felt dumb stupid and worthless and treated like rubbish….
Also, all memories of everyone throwing up, be it me, my mother, my sister or anyone.. It’s traumatizing , I’m emetophobic and also have a fear of hospitals
Not to me, but there was a family of kids that were being severely abused by their mother and nobody did anything. As children we obviously saw adults do nothing and thought it wasn’t serious. One of them ended up drinking caustic soda when he was 12 in an attempt to kill himself. Looking back I see that nobody protected those kids. Every adult failed them.
I was severely abused all throughout childhood- but what sticks out to me is witnessing my dad’s suicide attempted with a shotgun. Him closing the door and locking me out- me banging on it and promising to be the best daughter I could be and trying to fix the family, my mom grabbing me, throwing me on the floor, and pinning me down, so if the gun went off, I wouldn’t get shot… it was a lot for an 11 year old to go through. And I had to go to school the next day and pretend nothing happened or CPS would be called. My teacher noticed something was off and asked me what was up, and I vividly remember saying “nothing, just a bad dream last night, I’m fine”. That was the first time I lied to protect my parents.
Although it can be good to have an outlet, I feel this is a bit of a dangerous precedent to ask people to casually raise their childhood trauma. You don’t know what entails following someone opening up like that and are not in a position to ensure they get the follow up support if needed
My father died right after I turned 12, and I didn’t fight when my abusive already-absent mom moved in with her boyfriend, leaving me behind.
She paid all the utilities for our apartment, but nothing else. No food or water because the tap was undrinkable. She bought a year’s worth of mountain dew once a year, so that was my only form of drink for three besides when I could steal water bottles from school or the store. And yes my teeth were destroyed from it.
So many times I had dry hot chocolate mix poured directly in my mouth, or a shot of expired ketchup for dinner because there was literally nothing else. My only meal a day was lunch at school, which I had to force myself to attend because she threatened to kill me if we had to go to truancy court.
My father trying to “help” me with my homework. It was just him yelling and complaining I wasn’t “learning fast enough” and “why don’t you get it”? Then my parents would fight in front of me about how he was treating me and my mother would have panic attacks due to her PTSD from childhood abuse. Most school nights devolved into me locking myself in the bathroom and threatening to harm myself. This was until a therapist told my dad to stop helping me with homework and he used that as an excuse to stop interacting with me altogether.
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being heavily abused
Constantly receiving negative criticism from my parents
Being drowned in the bathtub by my babysitter.
constantly feeling like I had to be the peacemaker in a house that never felt peaceful, like a little therapist in a war zone
My dad trying to teach me to swim. Still don’t know to swim at 18yo.
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My brother being shot through the head in Vietnam and visiting him in VA hospitals at the height of the Vietnam War (I was 10 yrs old)
Getting hit by my father really sent me on a spiral. Don’t have kids if you have the emotional intelligence of an ape
Attempted suicide
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Having to start work at 16.
Being abused, raped and nearly murdered. And so much more.
seeing my sibling behind bars
Getting hit by my parents and I would say “please don’t hit me”
my moms ex would put me in timeout which consisted of standing with my nose against a wall and my arms to my sides every day for almost a year. did this to basically get rid of me so he could have my mom all to himself. he died in jail a couple years ago though so fuck him! lol
Abuse by those I should have been able to trust. Emotional abandonment by my mother.
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My parents were so permissive that my brother ended up dying as a teenager because he wasn’t wearing a helmet while skateboarding. Leaving me as an only child at 16 with my two abusive parents.
Violent big brother with undiagnosed ADHD
It could be rough at times
I can’t choose… I’ve tried to Rank/Grade them, it’s just Not possible!
I was emotionally and physically hurt by the one person who was meant to protect me — my own mom. She justified it as a way to discipline me🙃
When I was 4 My mom killed my infant brother due to postpartum psychosis and went to prison for 12 years, leaving me briefly with a traumatized, drug addict father and his abusive family before my maternal grandparents took me in. Both of them died with a couple months of each other when I was 12 and I went into the system (pure hell) for six years until I turned 18 and moved into my own.
There’s one I cannot even talk to anyone about… And also being made felt dumb stupid and worthless and treated like rubbish….
Also, all memories of everyone throwing up, be it me, my mother, my sister or anyone.. It’s traumatizing , I’m emetophobic and also have a fear of hospitals
Not to me, but there was a family of kids that were being severely abused by their mother and nobody did anything. As children we obviously saw adults do nothing and thought it wasn’t serious. One of them ended up drinking caustic soda when he was 12 in an attempt to kill himself. Looking back I see that nobody protected those kids. Every adult failed them.
I was severely abused all throughout childhood- but what sticks out to me is witnessing my dad’s suicide attempted with a shotgun. Him closing the door and locking me out- me banging on it and promising to be the best daughter I could be and trying to fix the family, my mom grabbing me, throwing me on the floor, and pinning me down, so if the gun went off, I wouldn’t get shot… it was a lot for an 11 year old to go through. And I had to go to school the next day and pretend nothing happened or CPS would be called. My teacher noticed something was off and asked me what was up, and I vividly remember saying “nothing, just a bad dream last night, I’m fine”. That was the first time I lied to protect my parents.
Never been able too have my friends come over due too my parents always arguing , and my mum using her trauma too guilt trip me and my sister
Although it can be good to have an outlet, I feel this is a bit of a dangerous precedent to ask people to casually raise their childhood trauma. You don’t know what entails following someone opening up like that and are not in a position to ensure they get the follow up support if needed
4 floor high nazi robot (pre 90s kid here)
when i was five i saw the body of a woman that was laying on a picnick table on my way to school. guess she was raped then strangled.
My own blood relative tried to have sex with me, and then another day, pushing me over and over to the floor because I refused him.
Knowing I could’ve been so much more with even a bit of effort from anyone
Being left alone in a huge house and feeling scared to death
Financial trauma
Living alone when I was 12-14.
My father died right after I turned 12, and I didn’t fight when my abusive already-absent mom moved in with her boyfriend, leaving me behind.
She paid all the utilities for our apartment, but nothing else. No food or water because the tap was undrinkable. She bought a year’s worth of mountain dew once a year, so that was my only form of drink for three besides when I could steal water bottles from school or the store. And yes my teeth were destroyed from it.
So many times I had dry hot chocolate mix poured directly in my mouth, or a shot of expired ketchup for dinner because there was literally nothing else. My only meal a day was lunch at school, which I had to force myself to attend because she threatened to kill me if we had to go to truancy court.
My mum dying after a short illness when I was nearly five
My father trying to “help” me with my homework. It was just him yelling and complaining I wasn’t “learning fast enough” and “why don’t you get it”? Then my parents would fight in front of me about how he was treating me and my mother would have panic attacks due to her PTSD from childhood abuse. Most school nights devolved into me locking myself in the bathroom and threatening to harm myself. This was until a therapist told my dad to stop helping me with homework and he used that as an excuse to stop interacting with me altogether.