Toxic Family
You know, I remember growing up in a loving family. Where has that unconditional love gone? I can't even pinpoint a place or time when it all fell apart. Could it be when my cousin decided that a woman he had known less than a year was worth ruining the familial relationship between us? Could it be when I first moved out from under my mother's roof? Could it be when my cousins were lost to us in a pond; too young and much too soon? Could it be when I told my Mother about what was being done to me and she didn't believe me? Could it be when my parents split? Could it be so much sooner than that? Could it be that my family was never what I perceived it to be in the first place? I hurt; emotionally, physically and mentally. I wish I could be "normal"; whatever that means. Doctors aren't helping and I'm slowly losing myself to the void that's been growing in me for so long that I can't remember what it is like to not feel like this. I have been silen...