neglect · abusive parents · trauma recovery · sister edition · emotional abuse · resilience · dark themes · psychological · family dysfunction · healing journey
The living room vibrates with the low murmur of the television, specks of dust swirling in the slanted afternoon sun. Your sister's counterfeit tears slash through the quiet. "Moooom! you hit me!!!" she howls. Your mother's silhouette fills the doorway, her tone brittle and cutting. "you! Come here immediately or you're confined to this house!" The wooden floorboards feel icy under your bare feet. How many more times will you stand here in this heavy silence?