Donate to help my Mum

TW: Sexual Assault/R*pe, Suicide, Domestic Violence

This feels alien to me to even ask of this.. but I am in a desperate situation so any assistance is more than appreciated!

This is a long read and so much has happened to my amazing mother, and she deserves so much better than this, please help me help her

To preface- My mum is my best friend, and we only have each other as family due to a domestic violent past, so I am really the only person my mum can lean on. My mum lives alone with our dog ‘Tommy’ who she loves, and I visit her every week.

My mum was drugged and raped a few months ago while on a date in Surfers Paradise :( . She woke up in his apartment, naked and vomiting. Luckily enough she was able to call 000 and was taken to hospital, I’m so grateful she’s still with me.

Since then, she’s been really struggling emotionally, physically & now financially due to not being able to work for a while after the event.

I took time off work with her as she didn’t want to be alone. I bought and made her food, looked after the dog and did anything that she couldn’t bring herself to do. I’ve also been helping here and there with lending her money if she falls short, but it’s just not enough anymore with everything else that has happened… it’s a long story but I appreciate your time <3

This traumatic “event” triggered a terrible flare up of an illness my mum has, “ulcerative colitis”. This put her in the hospital with stage 3 (worst level) of inflammation, and needing to buy a lot of new medication..

A week after this ‘event’, we found out our dog (who was a gift to us years ago to help mum through her depression while going through domestic violence and this dog is now her whole world since she lives alone with him), had bone cancer and needed to get his leg amputated to save his life, now we are still paying off the vet bills.

Fast forward to now, mum has been trying to keep herself above water. The police have told us that we cannot take this man to court who raped her, because there isn’t enough evidence, it’s something mum has been told she will just need to get over… she is heartbroken. This man is still out there, living in Surfers, with no damage to his record from what he has done.

My grandmother, my mum’s mum, passed away during this time. We had been disconnected from her for a while since going through domestic violence, but my grandmother initially raised me with my mum, and she is now gone. We never got to heal with her and say goodbye. My mum took this really hard.

In the last few weeks, the floods have caused damage to her car, with the insurance company saying she will need to pay an excess of $670, and she has found out that she now has 2 months to leave her tiny peaceful apartment she loves and find a new place to live! The owner of the property is knocking down her building to build a home for himself. Mum is desperately trying to find a place to live on the Gold Coast that allows pets (our 8 year old poodle; doesn’t shed, smell or bark! And only has 3 legs) but it is near impossible to find places that allow pets or get accepted for a home, and she is already struggling financially.

Today she told me with tears streaming down her face that she doesn’t feel like she belongs on this earth anymore and she doesn’t want to burden anyone anymore.

My mum is suicidal… I never thought I’d have to say that :(, I love her so much.

She is going through so much pain, and it’s painful to see the woman who raised me be pushed so low… I wish I could do more but I can’t do it all by myself anymore.

I’m now recently on antidepressants and antianxiety and am trying to keep myself above water while trying to help her. I wish I could do more but I can’t do it all by myself anymore. I am 22 and still trying to find my own financial ground and support myself.

I need and would love some help for her… a saving grace for her right now.

I’m so sorry to ask, but If you have anything to spare, Please help me help my mum stay above water, and thankyou so much for reading this far!

She’s everything I have and she has been put through hell.