my mother had custodey of me from the age or 2yrs to 13 yrs. why my father had acksess monthley. my mother abused me as a child. she would belt me with a thin leather belt for the smalest things like for getting a word in my school reader.and id get belted 7 times or more at once. my mother married had another child. my mother also had another child 4 yrs older than me. so all us 3 girls all different fathers.then the step father was messing around inapropriatlly with my elder sister. the step father streated me horribly. so i told my dad i didnt want to live there any more id had enough of being belted pushed to the ground and kicked in the head with steal caped boots by the step father. so dad ended up getting full cusdeody of me. then his wife was mentaly ill she was shizophrenia so wasnt easy living with her. dad always protected my. she hated it and always got jeoluse over every thing. i was just a kid. then i would end up getting into physical fights with the stepmother. she would always come for me with her hands out ready to atack me so i would defend my self. i had to have seperert every thing washing powder soup dishers this is how nuts it got. and i had to bye it all my self as well. she would always say shes gonna stab me in my sleep. i ended up tell DHS because i was only a kid and new i didnt have to deal with this $#%^. my father had kids with her so i had a brother and 2 sisters the youngest is 5 2011. i left as soon as i was 18 out renting with my boyfriend he was 20 2 yrs older than me. wed been together since i was 15 and he was 17. and 8 yrs later we got married and now we have almost been to gether 10 yrs and married 2 years. the wife took off with kids and letf my day. so after 2 years of renting with my partner we moved back to dads to help him out with the morgage. stayed there for 3 years. had a chance to save a deposite our selfs to bye our own place and thats exactly what we did. and weve just about been here neally 2 years. but my husband has been the best and trys to help me in any way he can with out question. the love he has for me is amazing after the way i am you would think he would walk out. but he just trys to understand and nows that this is an illness that need support. ive suffered from this from when i first started noticing was 2006 so 6 years ago. so i was only 19 20. and now im 25. but only when and got help a year ago because my husband said i was getting worse and that i cant keep trying to deal with this on my own you need help. so i did i got put on to a phycologist and as well at same time a phyitrice and got diagnoses with GAD anxiety disorder from my up bringing as a child. and cyclothymia biploar. i tryed theropy but wasnt working by its self so now am on meds as well. so that my quick short life storry. there is a lot missing but just enough so you can work me out. take care every one and keep ahealthy mind. xo