I just feel so powerless all the time now
My aunt recently moved in into my family’s house 8 months ago, and she brought her 5 kids (ages 5, 6, 6, 9, and 10). Since they’ve moved here they’ve completely taken over the entire house pretty much, and I’m stuck in my gaming room the moment I get home. Worst of all my aunt is a horrible parent, and has an extremely short temper and acts extremely childish and selfish all the time towards her kids. So now they all have like no emotional regulation skills and are all just the most screaming yelling and problematic kids ever, and their only parental figure is worse than they are. It’s just constant screaming and yelling and beating, and I just can’t help but feel so powerless. I can’t do anything to help them. My dads never home cause of his job and my moms too emotional for me to talk to her about it. Last time I tried to confide in her she broke down crying seeing how it was affecting me and said that she’d make them move out before the end of February (even though they’re still here). My sister is always going out with her friends trying to get away from the house, but neither me or her are in any position to hold my aunt accountable since she has seniority over us and we don’t want to call her out. Worst of all she’s like a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Anytime she’s talking to us or any adults she like puts on this kid voice acting like a literal teenager/child saying stuff like oopsie daisy and just acting like a complete bafoon. But the moment any of her kids want to interact or talk with her she becomes super apathetic and easily aggravated. I have an important test tomorrow and I’ve spent the entire day just stuck in my chair listening to her beat the three youngest over the most trivial stuff. I could hear them screaming in absolute terror and fear and anguish and I just couldn’t do anything and still can’t. Now I’m just so on edge that she’s gonna beat them again and I can’t focus on anything or really do anything. It’s just so upsetting to hear how horribly she’s treating them everyday while she puts on her stupid childish voice act like she’s 15 whenever she’s interacting with me. And I can’t do anything. I’ve been trying to ignore it and focus and just do whatever I can since they moved here but it’s not working. I’m doing worse in all my classes and I can never find a moment of peace. My mom is on some medication making her really emotional right now so I don’t want to add more to her plate. My dad is also at work right now and is too much of a wuss to do anything since it’s my mom’s sister anyway. Getting CPS involved is out of the question since I think my entire family would alienate and cut me off, and those kids don’t deserve the foster system anyway. Everyday I dread coming home. I don’t know what to do anymore.