A Child Called "It"

I've finally read it.
It's finally been processed.
I feel too cold about it.


"At times while Father was away at work, she would spend the entire day lying on the couch, dressed only in her bathrobe, watching television. Mom got up only to go to the bathroom, get another drink, or heat leftover food. She she yelled at us, her voice changed from the nurturing mother to the wicked witch. Soon, the sound of Mother's voice began to send tremors down my spine." [Page 30]

This reminded me strongly of my own mother and how she was....and maybe still could be. If she was an alcoholic, I have no doubt in my mind that she would turn into the same Mother spoken by David Pelzer. His story is a true and very harsh story. I'm sad to think that my life was so close to being much like his. His beatings and verbal/emotional abuse mirrors mine exactly. His physical abuse when it involved a broom or a hand or a foot was much like my own.


It gives me a small chance of hope that I will get over this. Mentally anyways. Dave Pelzer did, right?