u/addictedto18

so recently my step dad had attacked my siblings (over 18) over absolutely nothing, i had to hide for an hour protecting my younger siblings making sure they felt safe. while id been doing that, my step dad was destroying the house. police said quote on quote “he turned the house upside down”

im 16F, and really afraid of my step dad, always have been (for 8 years) my mum keeps defending him and basically begging i stay at home when shes also telling me that she wants him to stay there too. i told my mum “if hes here, then i dont wanna be here” and she went on and on and on defending him saying hes gonna change.

im staying at my uncles house right now, its about an hour drive away from my home and things just feel so weird now, i have no contact with one of my older siblings, refuse to talk to my mum, and quite literally haven’t slept in this place in years!

thats my issue, i cant sleep. i havent been able to sleep well at all, im constantly stuck awake now and idk what to do, ive tried everything recommended to sleep and yet nothing works.

ive tried: journaling my feelings out my mind keeping lights off keeping quiet relaxing myself maintaining the perfect temperature sleeping with socks on turned my phone off for hours stopped thinking then tried thinking of something to start a dream

yet nothing. please help, im not safe at home and cant sleeep anywhere else no matter how hard i try, any recommendations?

16f just need someone to talk to rn 😞

some shit went down recently and now things are just incredibly difficult.