Being stretched thin

[blueteddy]

have suffered religious, physical, emotional, mental, psychological, medical and sexual abuse at the hands of my family. While the physical abuse stopped after grade 12, the religious and sexual abuse have continued. Every day feels like a battle for survival, and my family continues to control and manipulate every aspect of my life. It feels like I'm constantly trapped, with no real privacy, not even when I'm in the bathroom. The constant interruptions, like my mother turning off the water machine or barging in, have made simple things like going to the bathroom unbearable. This control has caused me severe anxiety and physical pain, like clenching my teeth so hard that it hurts. I feel like I'm being stretched thin, pushed to the edge of what anyone could handle.

I'm not broken, but I'm so close to snapping under the pressure. The abuse I've suffered may not be exactly like Elizabeth Fritzl's story, but it shares the same cruelty of being controlled, neglected, and treated as less than human.

I feel like I'm being stretched thin, pushed to the edge of what anyone could handle. I'm not broken, but I'm so close to snapping under the pressure. The abuse I've suffered may not be exactly like Elizabeth Fritzl's story, but it shares the same cruelty of being controlled, neglected, and treated as less than human.

Despite all this, some people still believe I don't deserve asylum. But they don't understand the depth of the abuse I've faced, how every part of my life has been controlled, and how it has affected me physically and mentally. Most people can't imagine enduring this level of abuse and control. My situation is like being locked in a cage, suffocated, and stripped of basic human dignity. And somehow, people think that I still don't deserve to escape.