[passionfruit3]

So I was in the car the other day with my mother and little sister. She had just got down her from Texas my mom was telling her a story of how my cousin was abused and his father got taken in to custody.i told her that his mom should be in jail to cause he had two black eyes and never took him to a doctor also he can't hear out of one ear. Anyway we started arguing me and my little sister about how she should go to jail or not.are words started to get real nasty towards eachother I even called her a *****.somehow me and my got to the subject of the past and I told her that she always took everyone's side but mine.i mentioned this cause in are last house I was very paranoid checking clocks to see when my mother would come home and having melt downs all the time.so this night at 15 my dad and I fought physically he left several welts and bruises from hitting me with a belt at one point.then he lifted a chair stool you know the ones you rest your feet on in the rocking chair.he lifted it up and was gonna throw it on me.i still remember the look of rage in his eyes.but he put it down.he made a call I think to a hospital or something I started crying as I didn't want to go . When my mom came home she was mad .she asked what happened when I told her she talked to me and told me i could not fight with my father. And when I told her about the chair stool she said she didn't believe he'd do that.but my mom of today says she never recalls saying that.in fact most of the people in my family are trying to make me out to be a liar saying there was no abuse even going as far to joke about it.saying oh there goes the abuser run hell burn you with a cigarette. I know what happened I'm not crazy.i just wish someone believed me.

[nicoleflynn]

Sadly,a lot of times families don't want to believe you. I do and i am sure anyone else you told would believe you. I am sorry you were so abused;I believe telling our stories is helpful....because it is/was so common to be abused. Hugs

[starryprince]

My grandma has abused me and doesn't think she did. She would deny it to hell and back. Families have a tough time believing that their relatives, especially their children, was abused. I think denying it is a defense mechanism, which doesn't make it right. On the contrary, I think it makes it quite selfish and it puts the focus on the person denying everything, not on the survivor. I wish someone would believe you too. It's tough to carry all of that on your shoulders alone.

[katydid777]

My belief is that most families don't believe bc #1 that don't want to believe someone that they love would do something like that, #2 they don't want to get the abuser in trouble, #3 they are dependent on the abuser, #4 they are being abused them selves, #5 they don't want to believe that this could happen on there watch. #6 they never seen the signs of abuse, #7 they just don't care. I think you might want to see a professional to help you with this. The abuse may stop, but the mental injuries don't, they stay with you, and could cause you problems later on.