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relationship with my dad

Me and my dad have never been close. In the last few days, he has started to call me names, screaming at everything I do or say and he has raised his hand at me (he has not physically hit me now for about 10 years) its become so unbearable that I no longer stay in the same room as him. I am getting worried, that with his aggressive behaviour that if I continue to stay within the house, he may hurt me physically.

What should I do?
Reply 1
is this usually when he's under the influence of substances, eg after he's been drinking? is there any other adult around/lives with you that knows about this or who's close enough to confide in & be around incase anything like that happens again? you say he hasnt hit you for about 10 years..so he has a history of violence..you really need to tell someone, your mum perhaps?? now before you get hurt physically, how old are you now by the way?
Reply 2
Anonymous
Me and my dad have never been close. In the last few days, he has started to call me names, screaming at everything I do or say and he has raised his hand at me (he has not physically hit me now for about 10 years) its become so unbearable that I no longer stay in the same room as him. I am getting worried, that with his aggressive behaviour that if I continue to stay within the house, he may hurt me physically.

What should I do?


you're just in EXACTLY the same position as me... i can feel ya...
Anonymous
Me and my dad have never been close. In the last few days, he has started to call me names, screaming at everything I do or say and he has raised his hand at me (he has not physically hit me now for about 10 years) its become so unbearable that I no longer stay in the same room as him. I am getting worried, that with his aggressive behaviour that if I continue to stay within the house, he may hurt me physically.

What should I do?

Sometimes dads are quite aggressive when they had a bad day at work. but yours sounds serious. What's your gender? Age? Again, who els are u living with?
I have the same problem; my dad used to hit me a lot. He stopped a few years ago and now he tends to try psychological abuse instead. Are you going to uni soon? I ask because when I moved out of my parents' house for a year my relationship with him improved to the point where we could actually have a conversation (although since I moved back, saving for uni, it's gone downhill again quickly and I tend to just avoid him altogether).