Do your parents hit you?

****! You're ****ed!
How old are you? I say you **** off to university as soon as you can. It's really the only way out.
If you report him it might even be worse for both you and your mother. If you report him and it goes wrong you're even more ****ed!

Not any more since I murdered them

Joke, I used to get a smack when I was little but now that I'm bigger than them they've relaxed on the smacking.

I think you should move out. How old are you? Are you going to university?

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Stop moaning.

Im 20. I go to uni @ home.

My dad has anger issues & hits me over the smallest of things. He pulls my hair, punches me, and hits me with his slippers. The other day he hit my hand and there was blood all over my white bedsheets.

My mum tries to restrain him, but obviously shes not as strong as he is, she pushed him out the way the last time otherwise "He would have killed me", his words.

They've both been through a lot, my dad lost his job & my mum has acute depression. My sister also died ~15 years ago. Her moodswings are really bad & some of the things she says to me are just terrible, and my young brother has started to copy her.

I've thought about recording my dad when he hits me & reporting him. I don't really know what to do? I'm really petite. it would ruin his career, and my mum doesn't work. Plus at the end of the day, I do care for them but there is no love.

Im 20. I go to uni @ home.

Get out of there. Do anything you can. The fact that he's had a hard life is not an excuse. It will never, ever be an excuse.

Phone the police. You don't deserve to be assaulted by anyone, least of all a family member.

Yes, and I hit them back.

LOL JK, I live on my own...

This simply is not the forum for seeking help, though I can see why you have done so. There are plenty of agencies out there that have genuine experience with helping people who are in your situation. I'm sure you could find them over the internet so I'm not going to be patronising to provide a few.

The first and foremost thing is to try and resolve the issue without getting authorities involved. If you can change things without breaking up your family, that is always better. If however, you see that there is no way that is possible, then you need to seek external help. That does not necessarily mean getting the police involved but it may mean finding a part-time job and moving out.

If your safety is in serious danger (and it seems like it is) then you need to put that first and call the police. You have to remember that your younger sibling may also have to go through this, or worse. Calling the police at this stage and getting the magistrates courts to forcibly put him through anger-management would be BETTER than him getting worse and ultimately doing some serious bodily harm to someone and being put away for a lot longer.

This is not your fault and you shouldn't have to put up with it, and nor should your younger sibling. This is unacceptable and regardless of how many children have died, this is no way to treat one's children.