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hlauren · 08:55 PM

My name is Hope I am 30 and I am autistic. my father used to be a pastor.

Possible trigger:

He abused me in every way.

My mother knew what was happening and did nothing to protect me or my brothers. My whole family wants to pretend nothing happened and calls my crazy. I am currently stuck at home with my parents and my dad recently assaulted me physically, and the police did nothing but threaten to arrest me. I am scared to go to a shelter and I currently have no income. The help I was supposed to get here in Pittsburgh has failed me. My service coordinator, doctors, psychiatrists, everyone I don't think truly believes me and it is so hard for me to trust people now. I have no idea what to do with my life. I feel trapped. I wish I never moved to Pittsburgh but I had no where else to go.

CANDC · Aug 08, 2024 at 06:02 PM

@hlauren welcome to MSF - I am sorry you are in a situation that sounds abusive. No one should have to endure that.

It must be scary to stay there. How is where you are less scary than a shelter?

I hope you get the support you are looking for.

CANDC

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Abusedbysister · Aug 09, 2024 at 04:16 PM

Hi Hlauren and nice to meet you. I do understand the feeling of being trapped with an abuser. It is really bad when the abuser is your own family living in your own house. My sister used to abuse me when growing up and we used to share a room so there was no escape.

I was saved when she went to a university out of town so then the abuse was reduced to when she came back home.

I also had experience with therapists who didn’t believe me or thought it was my fault for being weak and not standing up to her. I changed the therapist in those situations.

If there is any family member who could help you by taking you in until you can live on your own, that will be the best solution. You should only consider going somewhere where people believe you and they do not abuse you further.

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