H-H-Hello?

[Bad Writer]

Living with a man like that I'm surprised you even have access to a computer. My wife and I feel for you. We have a niece about your age in a similar situation who was talking about suicide not too long ago. Her mother (my brother's wife) constantly makes death threats at her, and won't take her seriously because it's an inconvenience. We got her in touch with a hotline that helped prevent the suicide, but the problems at home still persist: both verbal and physical abuse prevail.

Does your brother not do anything about the situation? Is there nothing else you can do?

I don't know, I have cousins in bad situations and I am unclear about how bad it actually was, but back then I was only a kid, and now I've lost touch with them because, well, the short version is because my extended family are not good people (that's putting it lightly).

I've called CPA, but she and her siblings seem to shut up when their family is threatened...I think they fear repercussions from their mother more than the repercussions of going to better homes. They've been brainwashed to think that family sticks together no matter what, and it breaks my heart to think that this very ideal is what's keeping her (and even her siblings) miserable.

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Oh, and my brother is a dolt.