*tw* sa and abuse - Do I go it alone? Can I? Should I?!

sugardoodle31
sugardoodle31 Online Community Member Posts: 12 Connected

I don’t know where else to post, sorry 😞

I am no contact with my mom due to a childhood of physical emotional and medical abuse, and therefore have no contact with that side of the family. I am the result of an affair, so have no contact with my dad, however my half siblings on his side have found me and reached out to tell me what a dirtbag he is but we’ve never met. 

I am disabled since the mid of 2024, I have a cervical spinal stenosis, spondylosis, OA in both knees and ankles which affects how I walk and move. I can’t use my hands well, and need a mobility scooter to get places. I can just about hobble about the house holding on to stuff. I’m waiting for surgery. I’ve only fell down the stairs once which resulted in a lot of bruises but luckily no medical attention, bruises were beastly though.

I have two kids with my partner who lives with me and is my carer for all intents and purposes. Our children are under 12 and both have additional needs which need a lot of support. His way of dealing with our eldest when being awkward is to shout and call her a r*ta*d which makes her understandably upset, I try to diffuse situations and then I get shouted out and called one too. 

He smokes a lot of can**bis; how much he spends I don’t know. He gets the money for us both as I’ve not been in the right place mentally to sort things. Our eldest says that where he keeps it stinks and it makes her feel dizzy, and that he spends more time going to get it and smoking it than he does with them. He then spends the rest of the day on the PC playing games. He will occasionally take the bin out, put stuff in the dishwasher, hoover, grab my prescriptions but I do the rest. I genuinely feel exhausted 24/7. 

You might think why on earth is he still here. 

We did break up a few years ago for several months. In that time I was set up by a friend with another guy, who r*ped me and sa’d me, stalked and harassed me and as a result I have PTSD and I’ve been forced to move home. He has been charged with 4 charges and it is going to trial, but I can’t go out anymore I don’t feel safe. I don’t trust anyone, I can’t go in shops, I can’t go along the street alone, I’m just terrified. He’s on bail so I know he’s there somewhere. 

My partner when he found out said he would stay with me on the sofa to make me feel safe initially, which I appreciated hugely. We then gradually got closer again, and slowly got back together. He said he realised how much he messed up etc and he changed initially but now it’s all back to how it was. Only difference is now I am disabled and I haven’t lived alone while disabled before, I don’t even know if I can. We don’t even seem like we’re together now, he spends his day on the PC and smoking and I am in bed in pain.

Our kids don’t actually seem to care anymore about him, which is really horrible to say. They shoo him away. Our eldest is telling me to chuck him out and our youngest is attached to me 24/7 anyway as has an attachment to me and struggles to leave me. She never wants him to take her to bed, to wash her, to take her to school, it always has to be me else she will kick off and refuse to do the task. 

I am just looking for some friendly advice please because I genuinely don’t know what to do 😞 I’m on auto-mom mode and I’m just doing everything until I crash at night so I’m not thinking of things logically, I know that. I just feel torn. 

Comments

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 5,910 Championing

    I am sorry for all you have been through and are going through.

    I'd recommend talking things through as you feel able with Womens Aid

    https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/

  • Legwax
    Legwax Online Community Member Posts: 149 Empowering

    Dear @sugardoodle31 I am sorry to hear all this, it sounds utterly exhausting and hard to see the light. But you know there is light which is why you are here so that's good!

    My only suggestion at this point until Scope respond is that I would encourage you to have contact with your GP. I know that may sound absolutely useless but to get into a system of support, it is really important that you let your GP know what is happening to start. You deserve to get support for everything above. You are doing your best and don't discount that ok!

    I do hope you have faith in your GP surgery. Maybe you could ask if they have an email that you can send a Private & Confidential email to - you explained it above, you could copy and paste so as to not have another task to do?

  • Legwax
    Legwax Online Community Member Posts: 149 Empowering

    An alternative at this time is Womens Aid. They can assist in signposting you and they have a website.

    It takes effort to contact and ask for help so I am trying to think of the most immediate places which may be able to assist.

    Don't disappear. You can move forward and will.

  • Legwax
    Legwax Online Community Member Posts: 149 Empowering
  • Legwax
    Legwax Online Community Member Posts: 149 Empowering

    @sugardoodle31 Sorry to repeat @Kim87 my internet is slow to update.

  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 2,653 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    edited May 1

    Hi @sugardoodle31 I'm so sorry to read about all you're going through but pleased that you've reached out to us. 💛 I'm going to pop you an email shortly - please keep an eye out for it.

  • judie
    judie Online Community Member Posts: 332 Empowering

    The answer to your question is yes, you can and you should.

    I have been trapped in a toxic relationship with kids living in the home and it is not how life should be for any of you. Leave for the sake of your kids then go on and thrive for the sake of all 3 of you.

    You have the strength - look what you're coping with now. You deserve better.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 6,558 Championing

    I agree with judie I'm so sorry for all you suffered and what your going through it's good your asking for advice that's the first step x