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Right, okay.

I don’t normally ask for help until it becomes too much. Well, it’s become too much and I need a rant to somewhere and some serious help.

I feel pretty much neglected as a child. My mother is an alcoholic and knows it, she’s unsupportive, accuses the worst of me and favouritises my elder brother by far and he barely lives at home.

I spoke to my mum about her drinking problem and she says she’s trying to cut down, but whenever she drinks she either yells at me or my dad and often threatens to leave if I say one thing about her. Whenever she gets angry at me when drunk, she always remembers she’s angry at me the next day and guilt trips me for doing the slightest thing wrong.

She’s fairly unsupportive; I’ve started my GCSEs this year and she thinks that what I’ve chosen will be completely useless for me later in life, but she doesn’t even know what I want to be when I leave school. Also, I’ll tell her when I’ve done something well at school, and I don’t even get a well done, or even a reaction. My boyfriend witnessed this once and I told him that it didn’t bother me, but he knew it did and I started crying.

She buys my brother EVERYTHING and would do anything for him, whereas me, it’s as if I don’t matter. I have to pay for my own food and clothes, as most of the money that I should be able to use from my parents goes on my brother’s car that my mum bought for him, whereas, I think the most expensive thing she’s given me is a Playstation game. I get told off by my parents if I spend my own money, but they never give me any money to use when I go out. I’m barely told I’m loved, whereas my brother used to get told it almost all the time when he was my age.

I’m just so confused as to what to do. I feel neglected and just need some help. Please?

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`Kyle offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 14 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (20 minutes after post)

I’m right there in your shoes. My parents are the same way they favor my sister over me and spoil her to death.

All I can say is hang in there, and when you become the most successful girl out of your whole family tree, don’t send your parents money. They never treated you right so you found someone else who treats you right (Boyfriend). All I can say is try to hang in there, there’s not much you can do. My parents are both alcoholics and the best thing I could do to still succeed in school is to just avoid them and live in your own area such as your room. Have you thought about moving in with your boyfriend?

Talk to his parents maybe they would appreciate you? You need to get away from them because it seems like they are doing nothing but bringing your life down. You deserve better and you shouldn’t have to put up with them.

Looking back now I completely lost my dependency on my parents. They wouldn’t buy me anything and rarely bought food. So what I did was I bought my necessities and went out to eat when I could. One thing you could really try doing is talk to your boyfriends parents and really see if they’ll let you move in with em. That’s if your at least 18. If your not that young I don’t know what else to suggest except being a foster kid or moving in with other relatives.

Bla, I do hope I helped you some:\ I wish you luck. You really don’t deserve to live like that, you deserve better and I truly hope you get what you deserve.

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grbghp offline Verified User (4 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (34 minutes after post)

i don’t know how old are you,
sometimes, some people have a point in life they should stop looking at their parents as parents (gods) and start looking at them as humans, and friends.
then you would take everything they do or say much more lightly.
which is healthier.
thats for once.

second, you might not realize it, but the fact that your brother needs to be given things, and money, while you are working for it, actually puts you a lot higher in whatever they call that scale. life?
it won’t be “easy” on the short run, but on the long run you would get used to work for your money, and appreciate it much more, be a lot more thoughtful on how you spend it. and not just about the money, the fact that you make decisions about your future, that you CHOOSE your path, for the good or bad, will be a very good quality in the development of your personality. and trust me you would end up a much more successful person.

don’t be afraid to heed people’s advices, hear them all, take what you seem fit to your chosen course.

if you don’t get feedback from your environment, don’t let it get you down,
you set your own goals and be super happy when you achieve them.
in the end, you always have you, and its A LOT.

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Kirsti offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (48 minutes after post)

I can understand this feeling. My mother was an alcoholic as well, until she got very sick. I was ignored for the most part, and still am. I’ve accepted it though, and I’m living my life for myself. I realized I don’t need her to care about me, just because she’s my mom. I’ve got myself, and I can be happy and make it on my own, if I have to. Friends help a lot as well :)

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