does this count as child/verbal abuse?
Bo B asked:
when i was in middle school my dad screamed at me a lot for not doing well in school one night he found out that i had bad grades and he screamed at me to get my jacket on and that we were going for a walk he then said you have no idea what i feel like doing to you right now he then said that the world doesn’t give a damn about me and neither do my friends and family he would often start slamming things and breaking things when i was having a hard time with homework he once kicked over a trash can and told me to pick up the trash and the trash was pretty gross ive always wondered am i just sensitive or was i abused?
Lee
when i was in middle school my dad screamed at me a lot for not doing well in school one night he found out that i had bad grades and he screamed at me to get my jacket on and that we were going for a walk he then said you have no idea what i feel like doing to you right now he then said that the world doesn’t give a damn about me and neither do my friends and family he would often start slamming things and breaking things when i was having a hard time with homework he once kicked over a trash can and told me to pick up the trash and the trash was pretty gross ive always wondered am i just sensitive or was i abused?
Lee
Tags: Child Abuse, Friends And Family
June 16th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Bethany
sensitive…I mean, your dad doesn’t sound like a nice guy, might have some anger issues, but you weren’t abused. From what you said, not even close.
June 19th, 2009 at 8:23 am
Paul
I’d say it could be called verbal or emotional abuse. It’s not out of the ordinary tho.
June 19th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Kohan
Everybody thinks that everything is abuse.
What you had was called living with an A-hole.
Abuse is when you’re physically beaten. Otherwise, it’s called being read the riot-act.
And everybody gets it from the old man sooner or later. Your dad was a jerk…but you were not abused.
If you want to see abuse, make friends with a JD officer and ask them about it.
June 19th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
i believe you weren’t abused you are just sensitive i think he have anger issues maybe he needs therapy or maybe he just real cares thanks for typing this question because my dad does the same thing but he said he does it because he loves me