Q&A: I Found Out My Dad Physically Abused Me as a Kid; He Started Up His Verbal Abuse, too….help?

Question by <3 animal addict <3: I found out my dad physically abused me as a kid; He started up his verbal abuse, too….help?
I always knew I was abused to an extent, but for some reason it never clicked in my mind as “physical abuse”…I just thought my dad was “mean” because I was so young I didn’t know any better…
Yesterday, my brother started talking to me about it and now everything is making more sense..When I was a little kid, (my brother told me) my dad picked me up by my hair, he used to hit us, and I remember him yanking my hair when he’d get mad..He even picked me up by my shirt one time instead of just saying “excuse me” …The last time my dad hit me was a couple of years ago, but he still continues to verbally abuse me, my mom, and my brother..
Just yesterday, he said I was a fat, lazy, b*tch, that never lifts a finger to help (that, by the way, is NOT true)..today he said I was worthless [like my brother]…He always knows just what to say to make me feel like I should just kill myself :'( – I won’t, but sometimes, I REALLY want too…
My mom says she wishes he’d just leave, but HE WON’T! I tell her to just divorce him, but she WON’T! I’m afraid to call the police because the last time a friend call the cops for me, they just told me to spend the night at my uncle’s (my dad got to just go home even though they found out he had been doing drugs [when he was suppose to be WATCHING ME!]) and nothing was accomplished (except I got punished even more when I got home the next day)..They did say, though, that if not for my mom, we’d have been taken away by child services….
Is verbal abuse as serious as physical abuse..?

I really hate my dad! I tried talking to my mom [tears rolling down my cheeks], but she didn’t do anything to help me! :'(

I can’t take it anymore….I spend my life in my room, and when I come out to eat, I get yelled at! In fact, I’m STARVING right now…but if I go out there, I’ll get yelled at!

I don’t have any relatives I could possibly live with at this time, either….and I’m so tired of just “toughing it out till I’m 18″…..I can’t take it anymore…

I can’t talk to a school counselor because I don’t go to “regular” school (I go to school online and I wouldn’t feel comfortable discussing this in depth with a complete stranger) – except for the Y!A community…oddly enough…

Is there ANYWAY of getting rid of my dad!!?? (without killing, of course…I’d LOVE too, but it’s not worth spending life in prison..):

Please Help me! I’m only 15!

Best answer:

Answer by richard
I moved out of my house at 16 years old, I lived on the streets with friends, where ever until I found a cheap place of my own. It was the best thing I ever did helped me to respect myself and not to listen to the verbal abuse directed at me for many years. I am not saying that you should do this as it is very tough but standing on your own two feet is an option if things get really bad. I still managed to finish school and get a degree, now I am happily married and wouldn’t change a thing.

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