"Abuse". You don't say that word in my family. It wasn't abuse. It was discipline. It wasn't abuse. It was a lecture. It wasn't abuse. It was an incident. Abuse only happens in other families.

My little sister, she's the only one who will say it, only to have my other siblings call her dramatic and my parents put up a wall. I'm not much better, as I just say, "Mhm." And proceed to stay silent. I don't attack her, but I don't defend her either. I just walk away and stay out of it. I know she wants the same as me: Validation. The difference is, is she's calling for it while I just get high to forget how empty I feel. If anyone in my family read this, I'd be attacked like a zebra carcass surrounded by a pack of hyenas.

Maybe it's all in my head. Maybe she is dramatic.

Or maybe I should get my family's voice out of my head and believe myself for once.

I don't know.