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I watch my mum get bullied every day
Every single day for the past four years, my brother who is 19 has taken dislike to my mother for no reason whatsoever. He seems to see himself as above her, it might be because she's overweight, she doesn't have as many qualifications in life as him, maybe because she and dad struggle financially, or he just in general doesn't like her, or women. Whatever she does or says, he picks on her for it, he won't listen to her when she asks him to do something, but the minute my dad steps in, he drops whatever he's doing and does it. I can see it physically draining her, she's becoming to hate him and I can't blame her after the things he says to her. He TOLD her she's to give him her phone charger so he can charge his phone, to which she replied "no" and he goes "Give me a good reason why you won't". If I spoke to her like that, I'd have got a slap, but for some reason she lets him get away with it daily. She's back on the happy pills now, too, and she just grins and bares it, but I've often come over to visit and found her standing in the garden just crying about it. Is there anything I can do? As far as I'm aware, this is bullying and abuse. He's like it with my sister, too, so I feel it goes further than just my mum.
I went through it long enough with him myself, so I know exactly how she feels. Difference is, I was 15 and he was 13, so when I snapped, I just went for him and snapped his arm, obviously my mum can't do that, as I have an 8 year old sister and she can't be seen as 'the abusive mother' as my sister will get taken away.
(I know this is a very brief thing and it isn't detailed, but I can't sit here and type out years worth of what I call abuse, there's been so much of it that I'll probably forget details(
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