Originally Posted by Minnie
Well, my siblings and I would really skew their data. There are 4 of us in my family - we all experienced outright abuse at the hands of our parents. I'm not talking little swats on the ass, or a tap on the hand to keep us from reaching for something hot, for example. This was full on abuse - we were beaten. We were kicked, slapped and slapped hard, we were thrown into walls, onto the floor, we were stomped on (I have back issues from being stomped in the back), kicked in the back/belly/ribs, punched in the head (never the face, because that left visible marks), punched in the stomach, punched in the back, anywhere they could land a punch. We were hit with any object they could grab at during a rage. We had our hair pulled - we were dragged around by our hair. One of my brothers had his arm yanked out of the socket numerous times. We were choked. There was so much more, but there's not enough server space to get in to it all.
There was also a lot of emotional/verbal/mental abuse as well. 3 out of the 4 of us were sexually abused but not by our parents - that was perpetrated by family members or family friends.
The last time my mother slapped and punched me, I was in my late 20s, married with children and she only finally quit doing that after I finally slapped her back that last time, and threatened to call the police on her - it was the one and only time I 'fought' back, when I slapped her. That was finally the end of the physical abuse. She has continued with manipulation and other forms of abuse, with all of us, to this day which is why we cut off contact with her 2.5 years ago. She continues to try and make contact with us, but we rebuff at every turn. I have zero contact with her, my brothers have limited contact with her.
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