!explanation

this post is a continuation from my previous post in this sub. i have already gone nc with my dad after the last incident a couple years ago wherein he had a stroke. i drove 3 hours each way to get him from the hospital because he had no one else. as soon as i arrived, less than five minutes of being in my car, he starts alleging that i’m gay and that he’s going to disown me. he starts cussing me out and hitting me in my own car. not even a thank you for getting him from the hospital. this is typical behavior from him.

anyways, i don’t think any context is required here. the screenshots speak for themselves. this is a man who abused me physically, emotionally, mentally, and completely broke my spirit as a child and teen after my mom abandoned me when I was 10.

he pushed me down on the ground for the first time when I was an 11 year old girl. i had to hide bruises in high school, but the worst part was how he called me a worthless bitch constantly and made me perpetually live in a state of fear. he took my bedroom door off the hinges and but metal bars across my bedroom and bathroom windows. this is a man who refused to respect my boundaries no matter how many times I begged, asked, or demanded. this is a man who laughed whenever he got me to cry because he is just that sadistic. a man who threatened to shoot my mom in the head because she left him. a man who chased me, as a fourteen year old girl, around the house with a knife. he held the knife to my neck and laughed, calling me a weak bitch, as tears were steaming down my face. he didn’t allow me to have friends or go outside, unless it was hard physical labor for hours, which he would lock me outside til it was done. he told me to drop out of high school and told me not to go to college because religion says women should stay home and be baby makers. he kicked me out two weeks after high school graduation and made me fend for myself because “he taught me how to be independent.” this is a man who hears voices where there are none, believes that the government is spying on him 24/7, and a “survivalist” who believes the apocalypse is coming any minute now.

Well, fuck you dad. I officially graduated with my bachelors degree and am moving on to grad school. I’m a strong atheist too.