Well I suppose I better explain ..
I dealt with severe levels of domestic violence as a child. I watched a lot including my mother cutting her wrists in front of us. Blood well I’m used to blood.
I suffered physical beatings and mental abuse and my father took us from our home in Yorkshire away from the army barracks we knew, to Birmingham. I was six by now and there was no explanation at first of where mother was!
We eventually got told she was dead.. a bit of time later, my father worked away a lot my brothers and I were left alone, a lady turned up at the door saying she was mum. My brother rang dad and he said I lied you better let her in.
We moved lots but settled when I was ten in Kings Heath. I left home I ran at the age of 13. I slept on the streets for two weeks till Iwas found by a friend on her paper round,wet in the rain hiding behind Bins. I stayed with another friend after that but was damaged and it didn’t last.
At this point I got a house privately to live in with another friend. I was 16.
Parties and drugs had begun. Men in my life were like my father and one brother hard emotionless people who hurt me with knives fists allsorts.
I’d by now seen therapists and councillors school onwards. I was an angry monster taking any drug I could to escape the pain of reality.
I at 18 was ๐คฐ pregnant. The dad beat me cut me chopped my hair and at 3 months pregnant beat me so hard for 3 hours I was black and blue except my belly.. I sat for an hour just sat in shock got toook to hospital.
My baby had survived but all my water sacks were burst this was a terrifying experience. The pregnancy progressed as did his violence. I gave birth to a five pound baby he was called there was a fight at the hospital with him and my dad it was awful.
2 years it took me to breakaway, all I wanted was a unit,my unit, my family, what I’d never had.
Dad number two came 4/5 years later seemed lovely ๐ but not long before it started. I try so hard to fix it all I give everything. He went to prison. I gave birth first year jail visits hard times. I struggled met a man made a mistake, had an abortion. I’m truthful so you can imagine that relationship went really bad from there violence increased I was beaten a lot. I accepted it as my fault for what I’d done.
Eventually I left. I had a few years of grief and threats from that man and his drug dealing friends. He’s owed them money they couldn’t find him so came looking for me and my children. Threatened me in the street children present. I at this point had hit harder drugs too. I was 6/7 stone in weight and alone. My family well one brother serving life in prison for aggressive robberies on post offices and the other had run from the family. No mum still shed popped in and out made it worse. She lived a posh life million pound house back in the country new family perfect young ladies. I wasn’t good enough .. I couldn’t fit in. Still an angry child I suppose it hurt that could of been me but you left me.
I get out of that live through Highgate meeting a major crack dealer and having to run to make sure I and my child survived. I used to think attention was love any I got I couldn’t differentiate, I was wild, strong to an outside eye ๐, and I made people smile. I protect weaker people. I’ve run from this Highgate man for 20 years they always return. They never stop watching.
I moved again stayed with my mates in maypole, home ground. Settled after that stayed alone .. had a few moments with old friends but I’m bad with choices. Worked two jobs and just tried to raise my boys dealing with the exes.
Here I met the neighbours son .. We got friendly. He and I got on great then he went to prison for a crime he did before we met.. me I’m a muppet my life was normalised to this environment so said I’d wait.
He came out we had a son his family got abusive I was attacked on many occasions his father strangled me breathless in front of my kids. Neighbours had hit me as I came in and out. He my partner had changed instead of supporting like he had been he started hitting me beatings were so severe I urinated myself and fled from my house leaving my children. I was found that time hiding curled up in a bush.
2 days before my 30th birthday I ran from there my home all I’d worked for. I spent the previous week secretly contacting the council. Obviously there were many reports as I reported the abuse even though I stayed. I went with 3 children 1,4,8 years old, 3 cases and a pram. Hostels๐
The system stinks we went the whole way through it I was now 6 1/2 stone. Still being harassed by exes and needed help.
The council moved us to Quinton my kids beds would not lie flat in the rooms of the flat. Nothing I had fit I lost our furniture our stuff the blocks we got put in , we had come from a 3 bedroom house with garden well kept.
This area I later found out was a major known trouble spot to the council. I was here 7 months . Spent that time diary sheeting events occurring. Drug deals parties till 2 am onwards abuse to all neighbours it was like being in a war zone..
I was targeted as I plant flowers now I’m only smoking cannabis as drug intake it helps with my mental calmness and stables my anger. I have back issue and it relieves that. I get attacked by one of the neighbours with a meaty metal dog chain. She looks worried when I just stand take the blow and say that the best you got๐ I end up taking back the man I just ran from he said he’d changed and wanted to help me here.
that year July I had a meeting set with police the night before those 20/30 neighbours attacked my partner and two other neighbours while they walked to the shop with my youngest child..
horrific doesn’t cover it.. the lady nearly got killed her partner and mine ran off. She was being beaten with bottles bats feet fists she hit the floor.. I got my son in ran to her kids at top of our block locked all the kids hers and mine none older than 13 youngest 2 years and told them I gotta save ur mum don’t open this door to anyone except police or me ..
I ran into 20/30 men and women taking the blows and got the lady who was covered in blood very large compared to me and not moving. I screamed at her the kids were all out on the balcony screaming by now, I screamed At the lady if you don’t help me we’re both going to die.. when I say 3 you gotta help me and get the fuck up.. all this time I was being seriously beaten .
I got us safe, the police came ๐ too..my partner the lady and her partner were arrested ๐ฑI was in shock they were arrested.. I got left in my ground floor flat with all these kids 2 I barely know.. the neighbours still outside shouting abuse.. I am terrified the police took my cctv evidence they knew the reports how did these get arrested. The kids were I can’t explain in words.. I put music on set up beds in the lounge and we play games occupy their minds as much As I can ..
we left there next day, the lady was in hospital no news coming through I still had her kids.. all I know is they were called and told go to a family members. They didn’t want to leave me – I didn’t want to let them go …
hostels again we all kept in touch court stuff came and went they weren’t charged.. she got robbed all her stuff had been taken from those flats her door handles everything I was lucky one of my sons dads did removal my things had been taken to family to store .
Still with my partner being in hostels was hard he got more aggressive .. I got a temp accommodation In nice area .. unfortunately he met up with old friends from prison. My family had taken loads of our stuff from storage so I had not much things were hard. He got more criminally active. I got offered a house.
I took it .. he had from here due to how the benefits work full control on my money the house everything. I told him you hit me here, it’s done forever. It got really bad. I kicked him out. People of all types kept knocking on angry he was stealing. Told them he is gone for good. Beatings happened he robbed my house, then eventually he raped me.
He got sent away after much trauma and a court case.. since then continual stress and contact, despite rules to the contrary.
In between this my brother got out and held me up with a knife ๐ช in front of my kids he’s back inside again. Other things happened .
I have been diagnosed after 3 years of psychoanalytic therapy with emotional disorder and borderline personality disorder.. aggression and adrenaline are big problems .. passive – aggressive, with manipulative tendancy..
I met a man calm, kind, simple and had a daughter now 6 life’s been good apart from interruptions from the exes. I use the tools given in therapy to try and control myself it works well.
I have physical issues now too from all the beatings. Crumbling spine, Lower back issues shoulder arm nerve system, I suffer from pneumonia each year. I have possible fibromyalgia. I have issues with sensory and mood .
This is a brief rundown of a trauma filled life .. I just started blogging with no thought if I’m honest .. a need to be heard as the services year after year fail me.
Why are the laws not changed to match the modern crimes? Why are the criminals protected more than us? How do we stop them?
The damage can’t be addressed while it continues. Offering therapy that’s 12 months away in wait ๐.
Well let’s keep-driving on. It won’t change what’s happened here but it may help others in the future.
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