TEEN QUESTION/PROBLEM:
OK WELL IDK IF THIS IS CONSIDERED ABUSE. SO ABOUT A MONTH AGO, MY MOM FOUND ABOUT A LIE THAT I TOLD 2 YRS AGO. AND SHE GOT REALLY MAD. AND I KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO BE MAD FOR AWHILE. BUT NOW SHE SCREAMS AT ME IN THE CAR. TELLING ME HOW I'M A WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT. HOW I'M A THEIEF, EVEN THOUHG IVE NEVERR STOLEN ANYTHIGN IN MY LIFE. AND HOW I'M BRADED AS A THEIF AND LIAR. AND IM ADOPTED SO I'M NOT HER ACTUAL CHILD. SOS HE SAYS I REGRET TAKING YOU AND EVERY SINCE THE DAY YOUR MOTHER DIED YOU HAVE BEEN A LIAR AND A THIEF YOU SON OF A BITCH. AND SHEC ALLS ME OTHER NAMES LIEK CUNT AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SHE PULLS MY HAIR, SHE SLAPPED ME THIS MORNIGN, SHE HAS SUPER LONG NAILS SO SHE SCRATCHED ME SOMETIMES. BEFORE THIS HAPPENED, WHEN SHE WOULD GET REALLY MAD, SHE LEFT NAIL MARKS BEHIND MY EAR AND SCRACTCHED MY FACE AND I JUST SON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DEAL WIHT MOVING AWAY. AND I JUST FEEL LIEK IM SLOWLY LOSING OCNFIDENCE. AND AT SCHOOL I PLAY SOFTBALL AND I SING IN MY CHOIR AND SHE SAID IHAD TO QUIT AND TELL THEM WHAT A TERRIBLE PERSON I REAALY AM AND IF THEY STILL WANTED ME IN THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO A LOT OF THINKING. SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE PRINCIPAL AND TO M CHOIR DIRECTOR AND SOFTBALL COACH TELLING ALL THE BAD THINGS I HAVE DONE IN DETAIL AND HOW I SHOULDNT B IN THE SCHOOL AND IDK HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN TAKE THIS. MY FRIENDS ARE REALLY CONCERNED. MY BEST FRIEND CANT TAKE IT AND SHE SLIKE IM GOING TO TELL AND I TELL HER NOT TO BECAUSE I JUST DONT WANT TO DEAL WITH MOVING TO ANOTHER FAMILY AGAIN. AND MY MOM ALWAYS COMPARES ME TO HER OTHER DAUGHTER, HER REAL DAUGHTER AND SHE SAYS HOW PERFECT SHE IS A ND HOW IM SHIT COPARED TO HER AND IDK I ALMOST JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR THIS MORNIGNWHEN SHE WAS DRIVING I CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS ANYMORE. WHAT DO I DO?

TEEN LINE WROTE:
Thanks for contacting TEEN LINE. In fact it does sound like you are being both physically and emotionally abused. Has your mom been treating you this way only for the last month or has this been going on for a while? You sound like you are extremely frustrated and cannot handle this much longer. If you feel like you want to jump out of a car then this has gotten very serious. It sounds like your mom is making you want to kill yourself. If your mom is constantly calling you a "thief, son of a bitch and a liar" then it makes sense why you are starting to feel like "shit." Have you tried talking to a trusted friend, adult, or school counselor about the situation with your mom? The environment that you are living in is unhealthy and abusive and maybe finding someone else that you can talk to could help. You could try calling Childhelp USA which offers telephone counseling and ciris intervention. The number is (800)422-4453. Please feel free to call TEEN LINE any day of the week from 6-10 at (310)855-4673 or chat with us online.

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