I grew up with two sociopaths and nobody protected me from them, I suffered all types of abuse all my life “all in the name of Family” until I literally had to open a protection order against them a month ago.

Nothing is cute thereby that disorder https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤞🏽" title="Crossed fingers (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Crossed fingers (mittlerer Hautton)">.

My matric year was the most painful year of my life..

I remember knives would be thrown at me just because I made food to eat, instead of making noodles because I was expected to eat noodles only, lady came back from work hitting me with the metal part of the belt numerously

I pitched up at school with the wounds the next day and my teacher (head of grade that year) picked up that there’s something wrong at home and insisted that I stay over at school with hostel students and would take me back home only when I have to sleep, she even informed my mom

I’m forever grateful for that lady because that’s genuinely how I made it out of Matric with good marks.

Even when I moved out & during my varsity years they would constantly make negative remarks about me whenever I achieved something or receiving a mere complement from people

anything positive that happened to me in the past (relationships, getting my first car, academic excellence, career achievements) was a painful experience for bcs they are family and they would always be there to ruin my life for me. I repeat nobody protected me from these people

til a month ago, days before my birthday, the lady & her daughter would spread hateful comments about me, lol try turning my mom against me & I confronted them. Literally broke into a physical fight where for the first time I fought back & yeah it led to a protection order.

I can’t speak much of their behaviour, just my experience with them but they are never with people, just the two of them and when they are with people something negative always comes out from that. ALWAYS

but I’m all good now, getting the help and support I need for the trauma