Is it normal for this kind of emotional abuse?

I really need help. I feel like i might be emotionally abused by my father. He doesnt say it word for word, but he implies it all the time that i am worthless and stupid. I am constantly afraid to ask him simple questions, because i am afraid of what his reaction is going to be. I am CONSTANTLY paranoid, all the time because i feel like he is going to catch me doing something wrong and i am afraid of that. He tells me that talking to me is like talking to a 4 year old. Even though this was a very long time ago, i still remeber it as he told me that i was always wrong and he was always right. Today, i accidently left the juice container on the counter with my cup, and totally forgot that it was there. Normally when i would hear that my dad is home i would run downstairs and clean up everything,cause again i am so paranoid. And this was just one time that he caught me. He looked at me and said. "What does it take to get through to you?". I honestly didnt know what he was refering to. And when i asked what he was talking about he was like "So you think im stupid?" Then he told me to get my phone and bring it to him. And then he told me to get the juice and the cup and bring it up to my room, like thats gonna do anything. It's the way that he talks to me, all the time, that makes me afraid of him. Hes so scary and very intimidating. But i am to afraid to tell him how i really feel. One time there was also a bowl of like crab salad, that i was eating, i got full, so i put it back in the fridge, but I was going to go back and eat it later. He then made me sit in front of him and finish the whole thing. Things like this have happened MANY times, and it always ends up in me crying. I try to tell my mom, but she doesnt understand and makes no effort to solve the situation. She says that she talks to him, but things dont change. As she saw me crying tonight i said "Whatever, i guess im worthless" and she grabbed me by my shoulders and pushed me twice. And when an incident like this happens with my dad and im crying she tells me to stop crying and dry it up, and that what im doing is just drama. I felt like this for so long, and it kills me that she knows it hurts me and she doesnt try to solve anything. She always implies that it's my fault that my dad basically talks to me like im a dog. The only time i can remeber him physically harming me is when he flicked my head with his finger. It just hurts me that my mom knows that im hurting and doesnt save me. I have cut my self before, and contemplated suicide, but dont worry, i would NEVER do it. So im am sorry for the long post, but i feel the best way for people to help me is if i tell the whole story. So my question is, am i getting emotional abused by my father? Like i said i am always paranoid when he is around,i am afraid to ask him simple questions i never like him being in the house, i am afraid of him, the way that he talks to me is scary, intimidating, and demeaning, even though he has never flat out called me a name, it is very obvious that he implies that im stupid sometimes, i am to afraid to talk to him about it, and it doesnt happen all the time, but it does happen alot, maybe once a month and if not that, once every two months. My dad can be great sometimes, but the times he isnt, ruins the times he is good. Another things i should add, i talk really fast, and its something that i cant help, i think it might be cognitive, but he has sometimes teased me for it, and when he asks me a question, i get nervous and afraid, because if i give a dumb answer, he might think im stupid. I can never be myself around him. Whenever im dancing or singing or just being silly or having fun, and he walks in the room, i shield down and stop. I lie to him because i am afraid of what hes going to think. Then he gets mad at me for lying to him, even though hes the reason for it. So am i getting emotionally abused? So please comment and vote

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Based on 73 votes (14 yes)
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Comments ( 13 )
  • lufa

    your dad sounds like a bully and it's emotional abuse. He's terrorizing you. In the future don't write so much useless details, just take 2 or 3 paragraphs and explain everything in a nutshell.

    But get help-talk to a teacher, or some other adults your trust, tell them what's going on.

    If you're 18 or older, I'd say get a job and move out-you'll be happier and will have freedom/peace/independence.

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  • hemper

    but in all seriousness ono is partially right, you should talk to your dad at least on his good days, and dudeurfuglyxo is also right, it could be because of stress, perhaps you can find some way to de-stress him? i would recommend meditation or yoga class together (you seem like you need some destressing too) but i've been flamed before for trying to get people into a cult :O, so just 'de-stressing' in your own way might be a good way for you to connect with him.

    communication is crucial, can't stress that enough, perhaps the reason your mom isn't backing you up is cuz she knows something about ur dad u don't? perhaps she communicates with him more?

    but if your dad is really a jerk than i say just stick with it. you are already better off than a lot of people that get physically abused, my parents use to hit me too but they're asian so its kinda expected :P, but i still love them so much and i know they were trying to do what they thought best for me, i appreciate that so much. but yea stick with it and when you come of age, get a job and move out.

    perhaps the next time he says you are stupid than just let it all out and scream back at his face, sometimes a pissing contests is all that's needed to release all those bottled up emotions. don't give in even if you cry, im sure he'll be sympathetic once he does see you cry. I know i would be if i ever had a child crying to me and saying that I don't understand them and I am emotionally killing them.

    please don't commit suicide, i know you said you won't but still, and if you feel you are too stressed, then talk to a close friend about it, cry it out.

    good luck, i'll be rooting for u!!!

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  • Ono

    My bad. I missed our the word 'dad'. I can't edit my original post because I used the app.

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  • DudeUrFuglyXox

    my dads like that too, my mum sticks up for me bt she says he acts like that coz of stress from being like the main money maker nd his job and everything which i suppose makes sense but its no excuse for being a dick

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  • curiouskate101

    maybe your dad has a mental diease that he is unaware of. it almost sounds like it could be schizophrenia becuz being nagative all the time is one of its smytons. you cant go on with living like this because this is gonna have a nagative impact on you. i couldnt tell u what it is becuz i dont know enough about him or about mental illnesses but you should read up on it. it sounds like he expects u to be perfect which isnt normal. and ur moms a bitch

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  • RaNdOmPoPcOrN

    my dad says im a bratty bitch in a mean way

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  • BlueAlice

    I would run away. Your mother has clearly been bullied into defending the prick whose sperm made you. Next time it tries to make you eat when you don't need or want to or calls you stupid: THROW WHATEVER IT IS YOU HAVE TO HAND AT HIM AND THEN RUN OUT OF THE HOUSE. Then disown them.

    It's perfectly clear that neither of your parents gives a shit about you, so I would suggest finding somewhere to live with a friend, a trusted family member or teacher, or even calling something like Jerry Springer or Jeremy Kyle and inviting your parents on.

    That way, they get fame on TV and are publicly humiliated and bullied the way you have been for so long.

    Do whatever you can to show them you ARE worth something and remind them how worthless they are.

    Stress is NO reason to abuse your children and/or partner.

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  • Fozmula

    not enough information

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  • nobleserpent

    Why do you idiots assume everyone wants to read your fucking 3000 page soap operas?

    No one cares. Get to the point.

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    • RaNdOmPoPcOrN

      shut up

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  • Ono

    You sounds like a jerk. You've told your mum, but I guess you've never told him? If you find it way too intimidating to speak directly about it you could try writing it down in a letter to him that he could read in private.

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    • hemper

      what? you sound like a jerk, did you even try to put yourself into her/his shoes? or maybe im the jerk cuz i don't understand why you called her/him a jerk. lol just love when that voice in my head contradicts with what im saying. but in anycase she'he doesn't sound like a jerk to me

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      • joybird

        I think Ono meant to type "Your dad sounds like a jerk."

        This is a really hard situation.
        I doubt there's anything that you can do to change him. It sounds as if he is just lashing out and bullying you.

        Don't take it too personally. Console yourself with the fact that he's a nut job and not you. There is no need to hurt yourself coz of this fool. Just nod and smile and get out of there as often as you can until you can leave for good.

        Ignore the dick and just laugh at him.

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