I don’t know how to live my life anymore. Everything is so fake. I had to live almost eleven years hiding the fact that he harasses me, trying to rape me every chance he had. and I got through it for myself.
I try to be a better person but still feel that no one understands. Everyone tells me why I’m not happy? How do they want me to smile if I live with the constant reminder of what he did to me.
She say I’m weird, I should live somewhere else, not at home with my brothers infecting them whit my misery.
And even though I try to help my mother in everything I can, I see clearly how much she loves my brothers… and how different she is with me.
what I do not understand of all this, it’s like sometimes when she drinks she says that she knows what happened to me, what he did to me. But How can she know? and most importantly why she didn’t do anything to help me? Does she hate me? How does anyone expect me to live this life of hypocrisy another day?
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Your mother probably *does* know. Parents can often tell when something terrible has happened to their child but just don’t want to admit it to themselves. It’s entirely possible your mother feels partially responsible and guilty for allowing what happened to you to happen. By denying it happened and distancing herself from you, she doesn’t have to face the truth.
She doesn’t hate you, she’s simply weak. Right now she’s too weak to face the truth. Letting you be the bad guy means that she doesn’t have to be. You aren’t the bad guy though. Whatever happened to you is not your fault. It’s up to the parent to protect their kids, and she did not protect you.
You aren’t the bad guy, you are the victim.
It’s a hard thing for a parent to deal with. She might be in denial. If she admits what happened, she would have to admit that she doubly failed as a parent for on one hand allowing you to be raped and also by raising a rapist. Don’t take it personally, this is more her shortcoming than yours.
Can you find somewhere else to live?
Did your dad molest you? I hope things are better for you now.