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I need advice/quick vent (TW: s*xual abuse)
Depression Support / by tealNorth2433
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 August 15th
...See more 17F, dealing with chronic stress from parents since middle school + nervous system shut downs. My mother and I rely on the insurance my father provides from his job. I have two half brothers—father hid that he had a child 6 years before I was born and had another affair with the same woman 1 year prior. My mother took her wedding ring off ever since. They're still married, same home. She doesn't know that he's still actively talking to her—s*xting, too. The other woman lives in Nigeria, where he is visiting now. I know he's seeing her and in the process of building them a house in Nigeria. If I revealed it to my mother, she'd freak out and they'd probably end up fighting until she moved out, without insurance to pay for her mandatory insulin and other medications. My father molested me when I was in middle school while we all were asleep in the same bed. Twice in a row. The next day he acted like nothing happened, and I never brought it up to anyone. I know he did not mistake me as my mother. You can not slip your hand down a gown. Mother is narcissistic, worships her own opinions, and weaponizes my vulnerability. Screaming, cussing, petulance, blatant ignorance, derogatory advances, and physical and emotional abuse. I admited I do not feel loved or cared for to her recently, and she felt insulted. She saw my SH scars a couple of years ago and her first response was how they didn't look pretty and how she worried what my future partner would think. Whenever she yells, my brain shuts down, I forget things, and my mind goes blank. I do not feel safe emotionally or physically at home. If I tell anyone, my father will most likely go to jail with having relations outside of the U.S. and abusing me at a young age. CPS would get involved with my mother. I will graduate to college 2027. The pain from constant stress, degradation, and hopelessness eat me alive now, and I know it will continue to do so then. I am carrying the burden of my parents decisions. What do I do? Who should I tell?
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