“My mother gave birth to me.”
“My mother loves and takes care of me.”
“My mother tucks me in at night.”
“My mother cooks my dinner.”
“My mother cleans our house.”
“My mother takes me to activities.”
“My mother cleans up my cuts and scratches.”
“My mother is awesome!”

Most mothers are loving, caring, and will do anything for their children. They are always there and will love unconditionally.
That what everyone thinks, right?
But what if your mother, the person who’s supposed to love you, hurts you instead?
I was born on December 4, 2003, and it was snowing.  My mother was 19 and unmarried when she had me. She has never seemed to care much about me.
My mother has abused me for most of my life. I don’t remember much from when I was little, but I do remember some things. From about ages 0 to 2, I was raised by my aunt, who was still a teenager at that time. My mother missed out on a lot of things in my life like my first words, my first steps, and a lot of other. 
I remember when I was 4 or 5 and we were at a store. We were walking down an aisle and I guess I did something that made my mother mad. Well it doesn’t matter she got mad and  hit me in the face and my nose bleed. The police were called, but she never got in trouble. Since then, I’ve never like stores. 28.3% of adults report being physically abused as a child.
That was one of the most harsh things I remember my mother doing to me, but it’s not the only thing. She hits me in the back of the head and tells me to ‘knock it off’, pulls me by my hair (and being female I have a lot of it), yells at me, and makes fun of me. 
Some examples of my mother making fun of me is her calling me names, some of which I can not state in this article. Another way she makes fun of me is laughing at me when I cry. 10.6% of adults report being emotionally abused as a child.
I basically have lived with a bully all of my life  And what have I learned from her?  I have learned not to cry. I don’t like the way she uses my tears against me and tortures me with mean names, some of which I can not state.
However, that’s not the worst she’s done. I have a little brother and sister, and I believe, from personal experience, that it is worse to see someone you love’s pain than go through that pain yourself. Being the oldest, I have always felt the responsibility of taking care of them. So it pains me to see them get hurt, to see them cry, to see their pain. I have watch my mother stick her claws into my sister’s arm and slap my 8 year old brother’s face.
Of course, Child Protective Services won’t do anything about it. There is an average between four and seven children every day to child abuse and neglect. A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. The have interviewed me before and I’ve told them everything and you want to know what the said? They said, “What do you want us to do about your mother. The most we can do is make sure she goes to therapy.” But wait, you want to know something funny? She doesn’t even go to therapy.
Yes, having a abusive mother isn’t good and the only bad thing isn’t just getting hurt physically or emotionally, it also it really bad for your mental health. I have chronic depression (Dysthymia) and social anxiety. A chronic form of depression, dysthymia is characterized by depressed mood on most days for at least two years. On some days individuals may feel relatively fine or even have moments of joy. But the good mood usually lasts no longer than a few weeks to a few months. Other signs include low self-esteem, plummeting energy, poor concentration, hopelessness, irritability and insomnia.

“My mother gave birth to me.”
So did mine, it doesn’t make her special.
My mother loves and takes care of me.”
Sometimes, I think my mother partially loves me, but I have come accustomed to taking care of myself.
  “My mother tucks me in at night.”
I’ve never been tucked in by my mother.
“My mother cooks my dinners.”
My mom cooks for me half the time, the other half I cook for the family.
“My mother cleans our house.”
I clean our house.
“My mother takes me to activities.”
So does mine but she’s always late and gives me lectures the whole time.
“My mother cleans up my cuts and scratches.”
Mine doesn’t, she only creates them.
  “My mother is awesome!”
Mine is not.

Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline is a 24-hour hotline with resources to aid in every child abuse situation. All calls are confidential.
Call 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453) for help.
Please go and get help, do something. Don’t live a life you will regret.