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Sitting in the shower, face buried in my hands. My mind racing between repetitions of the filthy names I heard her call again and again, to my own filthy thoughts and names I can’t help but declare myself and back to the present. My stomach churned like a storm, I wanted to cry but I had no tears left to shed. I could only sob and heave and hope maybe some sign of life would occur. Huddled in fetal position beneath the steady flow of the shower head, I freed one arm and grabbed the razor I must always keep ready. Drawing it harshly against my skin I was relieved as red rivers of life flowed down my leg and onto the shower floor. Physically alive. Mentally distraught. But all I can do is repeat. Everyone says my mother’s words are just punishment, it’s her right, and I should get over it. So I did. This is the only way for many people like me. Fight, hurt, go numb, wonder if you are alive, check and repeat.
Some thousands of men woman and particularly children fall victim to verbal psychological abuse. It is commonly accepted as jokes or a form of parental or spousal punishment and ignored, the amount of ignorance has grown more and more so as we finally see articles popping up about our very own presidential candidate, supported by millions, openly verbally abuses groups, genders and individuals. A new article from the @ParentHerald releases an APA study saying that parent alienation, common in divorced homes, has officially been categorized as psychological abuse. Another

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