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Sufferer Fiddles Tuned For Playing - My Story

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Hello. My name is Miyuki, and I am glad to finally have found this place. Well. I shall start at the very beginning.

I was born in West Virginia to an Irish/Russian woman and a South Korean man. Both of my parents fought alcoholism, and my uncle was a victim of a gunshot, left paralyzed from the waist down. My mom and grandmother took turns caring for me and him, as my father went to prison for a drug charge. Sometime during this, one of my mom's boyfriends molested me and was caught doing it... but nothing happened to him.

When I was 6 years old, my father committed suicide. He had Aspergers Syndrome, PTSD, and Schizophrenia on top of an addiction to cocaine, opioids, and alcohol. His suicide was during the after, downward effects of coming down from the high of cocaine.

About a year later, my mother met a man. This man... I did not like him from the beginning. I was about 8 when he began beating my mother. Sometimes with me and my younger brother in the same room, sometimes he would even rape her. He would place me on a bed and tell me he would kill my mother if I made a sound, or even moved. Sometimes he would trust me, and drag me into the room and tell me I was the only reason he wasn't going to kill my mother. I would hear him banging her head against the wall, those concrete walls... He was drunk, high every time he abused her. And would apologize the next day, promise it would never happen again. He once beat her over a Journey DVD... to this day I cannot listen to Journey without being pushed into severe flashbacks of the abuse. He only put his hands on me twice, once breaking my wrist, the other smacking my buttocks to urge me into the back room... when he did that my little brother and I snuck out, I held his hands as we ran down the street. We climbs on our hands and feet up the neighbor's hill and they called 911... but he was gone and my mother was arrested for some reason. Cops always treat victims like the enemy... like liars.

This all happened off and on. Eventually my little brother and I were placed in a foster home, where the foster dad was verbally and mentally abusive to me. I was 11 at the time, and we were put in another home after I told my counselor that the male was watching me... a lot. The second home kept us in a basement, we could not talk to our mom for more than 15 minutes a day, and we had to eat when and what they said. No music... no nothing.

My mother got us back, but within a year she was back with this man... and I began to practice witchcraft, it was a coping mechanism that I cannot explain. I was in a relationship with a 19 year old boy at this age and no one put a stop to it... we broke up a year later, thankfully.

I met another boy at age 13 who ended up molesting me, and sure enough I got pregnant... I was malnourished from my eating disorder, I was at my grandma's... and snowed in, I suffered a miscarriage in the bathroom all by myself. My older brother had two kids, and was addicted to drugs as well, and I was raising his 2 year old and his 6 month old. Poor old grandma couldn't help out much... I'll never forget bleeding heavily while trying to get the kiddos to sleep, my little brother crying for our mom...

I was 'gothic,' in school and was bullied relentlessly. At age 14 my mom gave temporary custody to a few family friends, named Rick and Debi. Debi... wanted me to be the perfect little daughter but I was depressed over my past, and being away from my mom. They were a great family, but hard on me, and did nothing about the bullying... but I love them, no matter how much they tried to change me.

At age 15 my mother got out of rehab and we moved to the countryside in Virginia, and for almost 5 years she has been clean and we have both been in treatment for mental illness, and I am working on getting my GED. On March 20th, however, after weeks of deep, mutilating self harm I attempted suicide in my bathroom. I was taken to the hospital and voluntarily went to the local psychiatric hospital.... I have seizures and syncope. Well, I had went 36 hours without my Seroquel and sleep, and I fainted on the floor. No one helped me up and they treated me like a faker. After this, they finally believed I was supposed to be on Seroquel and 3 hours later I was given it, the night terrors stopped and I was able to sleep. I went to the necessary meetings and painted on a smile to get out of there and back home, to my nurse (I have a nurse because of the seizures and night terrors) and my sweet mother, and we take care of each other...

I started RPing again (roleplaying) and a few members of the Supernatural fandom destroyed me mentally for not supporting homosexual ships in that show (I AM NOT A HOMOPHOBE. I JUST HATE THOSE SHIPS) and I selfharmed as they called me a ho, a whore, a psycho, and stalked me throughout the RP sites, the only place I could call home... but that? That is easily over, because I know what a block button is, but it does not make it any less distressing.

I got a protective order against my aunt a few weeks ago for encouraging me to attempt suicide again. in court she dragged me through the dirt, her attorney tried to discredit me for my mental state... but I won my protective order. HOWEVER... she has appealed it. And I am in for court again.

I am healing well from the faint in the psych ward, but I have severe nightmares of being there, nightmares of my mom being raped and murdered, and of being in court.

Today, I live for a bright future in the Glory of the Lord, learning more on my violin, getting my GED, and preparing to overcome my illnesses... but the court date, knowing I'll be alone and dragged through the mud again is disturbing me and now I am finally reaching out to a forum group.

That is my story.
 
I can't say much other than it seems life has dealt you a pretty rough hand of cards. The good thing is that you can start your life over almost always. Starting over is never easy or fun but gives you the ability to be the you and live the life you want. Had to start over more times than I wish I had to but the good thing is that it is now instead of later which means more time, more potential opportunities, and ability to heal before the end of life comes. These are just words and they don't do much other to inform and surely do not remove the pain and frustration of the past or present, but it is all I can offer in sympathy of your pain and frustrations. We all have different things happen and some things many just cannot grasp because we just don't have the same experiences or experiences that even match the depth of pain and frustration. So hopefully the folks here on this forum can lend the only thing we can lend, which is support, sympathy, and listen to what you have to say.
 
@M. Winchester, love the pic and name as I too am a huge fan of the show Supernatural.

Miyuki wow, you are so strong for having survived everything you went through and are still going through! Welcome to the forum where people understand and support each other because we've been through similar situations. I hope things calm down for you and I hope you find this site and these people as great for support as I have. :happy::hug:'s if you'll accept. Raven
 
Miyuki... to be so uprooted when you were so young... to witness such horrible things being done to your mother when you were barely older than a baby yourself... to survive a suicide attempt... and so much more. You are SO strong and SO brave. And now you are fighting back and taking control of not only your life now, but your life in the years to come as well.

There is a lot of support here on this site, and I hope it helps you. You deserve to not feel alone anymore, and to be supported without fear of being bullied.
 
Welcome to the forums! :D

& good news... We actually have waaaaaaaay more & far better to offer here than sympathy (in fact, we generally try and avoid sympathy altogether ... Sympathy - It Is Creeping Back Here ... And here's why).

One of those things is an awareness & action tool for managing both stress & symptoms known as the PTSD Cup or StressCup that you'll see people mentioning quite a bit. So freaking useful in not simply understanding why under increased stress & stressors we start to melt down/ blow up/ or suffer a lot more symptoms... But also practical things to do! :) Both preventative & recovering faster with less fallout.

I don't want to load you down with a ton of links, right now; take you time, explore the community, dive on or ease in at your own pace. & again... Welcome!
 
Welcome, Miyuki! Here, you're among friends. No bullying, no name-calling, just support and encouragement.

Your story is so very sad and tragic. I hope that, with our support, you can begin to heal your wounds.
 
Hi and Welcome to the forum.
I hope you find the information on here helpful and the people supportive - I know I have!
Regards, Lucy x
 
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