Mental Breakdown Thread

My father cheated on my mother when I was younger, she found out and there was a big fight. I was witnessing how my father beat my mother badly and broke her 1 arm. She left him went to Germany to get a new life. As an illegal immigrant, she had nothing, and have to work her ass off, with the constant fear of being deported. When she finally got her permit to stay permanently, she didn't rest for a second and have successfully made it possible for me and my brother to join her and escape the communist country. Starting as a cleaning lady, who works for less than 3€ an hour, now she has multiple stores and is very well off. That my friends, is the story of a woman, who was beaten down by life but still stand up strong, leave all her sorrow depression and self-pity behind to move forward to a better future for herself and her most loved one. I suppose to talk about my Struggle in this thread, but it'S laughable in comparison for what my mom had to endure. Its really not my style to motivate people (because I like to see them suffer ) but for this one time I will say : "STAY STRONG, EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT"

I could add to the shitty father trend but considering my family was somewhat stable I feel like it would be insensitive to share seeing all the other stories here. >w>

well my real dad is dead. Never met him. My mom went through lots of tough mental obstacles. Being abused by my step fathers. My 2nd step father nearly killed me several times. So ya know, PTSD right there. Yayyyyy. I deal with tons of PTSD. I'm on the Autism Spectrum. May have tourettes too, but god if I know what mental disorders I have anymore cause everyone keeps diagnosing me with different stuff smh. I've been emotionally abused countless times by my mother and 3rd step father. Fought fist to fist with him too several times. Ended in a draw a couple of times. Been in the psychiatric hospital 6 different times because of suicidal thoughts and attempts. Lost my great grandma, The one person I was the closest to in my entire life. Then lost a dear friend to suicide a couple years later (This year). Then in June, lost my childhood dog. And recently my 3rd stepdad actually managed to shatter my spirit. So like I don't have much motivation to do anything anymore :( And with my spirit being shattered, I barely show emotion or trust anyone. I feel bad when I talk to people on here cause I have to be cautious even though almost everyone is cool and friendly. Basically I'm an unstable mess. There is more I could tell you all, but uh, that's just the bit I decided to share. Which doesn't seem like a bit. But trust me, it is.

Grew up/still growing up around my alcoholic and drug addict older brother. When I was 10 I found him passed out on the kitchen floor after a suicide attempt which was pretty traumatising. At around when I was 13/14 he started to become mentally and physically abusive to everyone in my family, which led to me hiding a lot and becoming fearful of people in general. Since then it's been constant repeating patterns of him screaming and smashing up the house, getting arrested, running away, coming back and acting nice for 2 days then screaming and smashing up the house again. Some days i'm too terrified to leave my room at all, I really dunno how much more I can endure before going insane.

We need better fathers in the world. When did it become unmasculine to love your children and cultivate life? It's no wonder so many young men grow up so messed up.