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Old Sep 08, 2015, 08:56 AM
Michicant Michicant is offline
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At my job, one of my coworkers confided in me that she's being abused by her parents. She is a legal adult, so she could move out if she had the money. The problem is that she doesn't make enough to support herself, but she really urgently needs to leave. Her situation is getting so bad that people at my job are offering her a place to stay. I want to do the same and tell her about my own experiences, but I just can't bring myself to.
I still live with my abusive father, but these past two years haven't been nearly as bad. He used to physically abuse me, but since his health has started deteriorating and his children are getting older, he doesn't work himself up as much as he used to. So I've been able to put a lot of the abuse past me and I feel happier as a result. I still go through short waves of depression or anxiety, and I am also still dealing with PTSD, but I see a therapist for it which has helped a lot. But hearing about this particular coworker's story really got to me for some reason. I had to excuse myself to the restroom to cry for a few minutes, and I've been feeling anxiety about it ever since.
I don't know what I should do. I'm starting to get close to some of my coworkers, and a part of me thinks I would feel better if I told them that I had been through a similar situation. But there are two things that stop me. 1) Technically, the abuse isn't over and it could restart at any time. My dad is very unpredictable and could go months treating you well and then suddenly blow up at you. There's a strong possibility that my coworkers will meet him eventually. How are they supposed to treat him with respect if they know what he did? 2) I like the division I have between my home life and my work life, and if the two collided, all of my coworkers would pity me and no one would look at me the same way again.

Still, I think I might feel better to get this off of my chest. Should I tell my coworkers, or would things just get too messy?
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