I saw extreme violence as a child I remember my sisters and my kid brother huddled up crying in fear knowing my dad was beating my mother half to death once with a hammer once I had a broken leg as a kid and he was throwing plates at my mum I stood in front of her turned my back as he continued to throw them smashing off my back I still have scars on my back caused by him
He once grabbed me by my throat and lifted me off the ground
Once as a 18-19 yrold I put my key in the door and he was there and about to beat her
I broke his leg and crushed it he now has metal plates in his leg
I've had suicide attempts in my family self harm psychiatric hospitals visiting my mum at christmas
Deaths by heroin overdose and alcoholism in both my mum & dads family plus solvent abuse family in prison was normal for me
lost all grandparents by 11-12
A family member went through something horrific that changed our lives forever
My mothers terminal cancer diagnosis and death 3 months after that
More than a few ppl who know my family have said if this was them they'd properly be dead or in prison
I've been in my fair share of jail cells for fighting or drugs
I'm a trillion light years from that person now
Excellent thread btw
