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My dad emotionally abuses all my siblings and my mum. my older siblings have their own marriages and children but are still terrified of him. unfortunately i'm still at home. i love my mum so much and he treats her like she's second class, she has to do what he says when he says it and she should be scared to upset him cos he's the 'head of the household'. he's financially trapped her and she's admitted that to me. when i was younger he'd tell me i wasn't part of the family and wake me up by pouring a glass of water on my face. sometimes he can be nice but if you do the smallest thing he doesn't like he can make your life hell and doesn't care who he does it in front of. my mum tries to stop him sometimes but he just tells us if she gets in the way he'll divorce her. he works away and comes home on a thursday night and every thursday nice my anxiety is crippling. i don't know how to cope with it. he's so horrible to us and my mum. i want her to leave him but she gets really defensive when i mention him even though she's admitted that the way he treats us all is abuse. it's a hard situation for me because i really want to get away from my dad but i have separation anxiety towards my mum. my mental and physical health is bad anyway and i just really don't know how to cope with his behaviour and my mums head burying. any advice or kind words would be so much appreciated
