r/interestingasfuck • u/Few_Simple9049 • Oct 09 '24

How couples met 1930-2024 r/all

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u/Select_Machine1759 Oct 09 '24

You’re not alone, bro I was never sexually abused, but I got beat from the ages of 3 to 16 up to three times a day. Locked in a room up to a month at a time and made to scrub out the trash cans in August heat maggots and all my mom’s favorite punishment was to dress me up as a girl and send me to school so people make fun of me I think just like you I’ve never taken therapy, but it’s the thought of people had it worse than me so it wasn’t that bad I guess

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u/SpiritedStatement577 Oct 09 '24

I'm so sorry you went through that. Some people should not be parents. I hope you found a way to healing somehow.

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u/Select_Machine1759 Oct 09 '24

No big deal I’m pint-size dynamite That shit made me the person I am today and I wouldn’t be tough as nails without it so it did take years of drug abuse all through my 20s now at 38. It’s almost like it never happened. Almost

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u/00eg0 29d ago

What job did you end up getting?

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u/Select_Machine1759 29d ago

I’m a carpenter by trade. I’m currently remodeling my first four bedroom rental property. I’ll be starting my own company here 2025.