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My mom just used the word toxic to describe the way my brother treats me. She didn't exactly say that it was, but she said that, "the way he talks to me can come off kind of toxic." My mom usually plays down when he's being really mean, attributing it to him getting older. So hearing even her say it is kind of weird. It feels too real.
I always feel like I'm exaggerating to feel sorry for myself or something, but I often find that the way he yells at me, blames me for things, insults/embarrasses me, and twists his anger at me into reasoning for why it's okay to be mean is honestly toxic and borderline gaslighting.
I think he might be mistreating me. He's only 13, but I'm only 15 and he has a lot of physical power over me. It's like bullying I can't get away from. I suspect it has something to do with his ODD.
It's done a number on my mental health, especially my self esteem. I love my family, but I think that at this point I would live somewhere else if I could.
Am I exaggerating? Am I right to feel this disgusting inside while living with him?
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He sounds absolutely terrible. Ask your mom to put her foot down with him because he has to change his behavior. He should be punished but sometimes punishment makes these people angry and they get worse. My son was like this as a teenager and into his twenties until he left home and moved across the country. Maybe he and your brother are demon possessed in which case a pastor or catholic priest is needed to cast the demons out of him.
ReplyI think we're good on demons.
But it's really to do with his puberty and ODD. It's not an excuse, but it is a cause. Hopefully he grows out of it, but for now it's very difficult. I'll move out in 3 years though.
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