Help Me Escape my Abusive Family
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My name is Michael Go, I am a 22-year-old Filipino man who wants to leave his abusive family. I am a recent architect graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, and I have survived about 20 years of abuse at the hands of my family.
My mother and father struggle with mental illness and I grew up in an environment where domestic violence was normalized. When I went to college, my family started kicking me out at unpredictable points, because of altercations that I was not involved in. I would be homeless for days and weeks until things settled down at home where we would pretend nothing happened.
My mother suffers from Bipolar Type II Disorder, OCD, GAD, and BPD. She is very volatile and has a criminal record of child abuse with regards to my younger sister. Growing up, if my brother and I did not obey her orders she would take out her broom and start hitting us with it. When I was 12, my mother inappropriately touched me and wished that I would die. She is also very verbally abusive as well as financially abusive. There have been many points in my life where I have been harassed by my mother to give her money that I have earned so she can spend it on herself. To a point where when I was homeless, I had no money to pay for food. She doesn't have a job and expects to be treated like a queen in her own home.
My father suffers from agitated depression and NPD. Whenever my mother experiences a violent episode, my father takes his anger out on me, because he does not want to talk to my mom. When I was a child, my dad would choke me if I ever made him upset. Whenever I refuse to become a part of their altercation that is when he decides that I am not allowed to return home and forces me to leave. Even if I voluntarily leave the house because I do not want to become a part of their altercation, he will call me saying that I am not allowed to return home, because I was not available to intervene in their argument. My father enables my mother to not work and abuse the family.
I have been choked, assaulted, and cheated out of my money. I have had to sleep in my car or under desks at my school to survive.
My goal is to leave this unhealthy lifestyle and start a new life by buying an apartment unit for at least a few months. I have gone to therapy and was diagnosed with Codependency and Acute Stress Disorder. I know that I am worthy of existing and that I can contribute something a lot more meaningful to society.
I am an artist and I am passionate about writing and illustrating stories for children and families. I am and have always been a hardworking student, but have been barred to an unstable home and abuse. All I want is to give what I have to offer and I can only make that possible if I can leave my family's home.
All money will be going to rent.
Please share to help me reach my goal.
My name is Michael Go, I am a 22-year-old Filipino man who wants to leave his abusive family. I am a recent architect graduate of Cal Poly Pomona, and I have survived about 20 years of abuse at the hands of my family.
My mother and father struggle with mental illness and I grew up in an environment where domestic violence was normalized. When I went to college, my family started kicking me out at unpredictable points, because of altercations that I was not involved in. I would be homeless for days and weeks until things settled down at home where we would pretend nothing happened.
My mother suffers from Bipolar Type II Disorder, OCD, GAD, and BPD. She is very volatile and has a criminal record of child abuse with regards to my younger sister. Growing up, if my brother and I did not obey her orders she would take out her broom and start hitting us with it. When I was 12, my mother inappropriately touched me and wished that I would die. She is also very verbally abusive as well as financially abusive. There have been many points in my life where I have been harassed by my mother to give her money that I have earned so she can spend it on herself. To a point where when I was homeless, I had no money to pay for food. She doesn't have a job and expects to be treated like a queen in her own home.
My father suffers from agitated depression and NPD. Whenever my mother experiences a violent episode, my father takes his anger out on me, because he does not want to talk to my mom. When I was a child, my dad would choke me if I ever made him upset. Whenever I refuse to become a part of their altercation that is when he decides that I am not allowed to return home and forces me to leave. Even if I voluntarily leave the house because I do not want to become a part of their altercation, he will call me saying that I am not allowed to return home, because I was not available to intervene in their argument. My father enables my mother to not work and abuse the family.
I have been choked, assaulted, and cheated out of my money. I have had to sleep in my car or under desks at my school to survive.
My goal is to leave this unhealthy lifestyle and start a new life by buying an apartment unit for at least a few months. I have gone to therapy and was diagnosed with Codependency and Acute Stress Disorder. I know that I am worthy of existing and that I can contribute something a lot more meaningful to society.
I am an artist and I am passionate about writing and illustrating stories for children and families. I am and have always been a hardworking student, but have been barred to an unstable home and abuse. All I want is to give what I have to offer and I can only make that possible if I can leave my family's home.
All money will be going to rent.
Please share to help me reach my goal.
Organizer
Michael Angelo Go
Organizer
Glendora, CA
