Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read this. I appreciate it so much, and anything you can spare to help would mean more to me than I can express. It is extremely difficult to ask, but after being physically attacked by my father last night and having belongings destroyed- I know I simply cannot survive if I keep enduring this too scared to try. 
 

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I have never felt safe in my home due to lifelong abuse, but my adult life has been shaped by doing everything possible to avoid living there. Despite making sacrifices, this instability impacted my education, relationships, and mental health.

Returning Home (3 Years Ago)

After losing my job, home, and support system during COVID, I moved back home. My father promised to help me get back on my feet but instead betrayed me. Over the past three years, he has subjected me to escalating physical, financial, and emotional abuse, including illegal actions that endangered my health and life.

Sexual Assault, Left in Danger

A year and a half ago, while recovering from a disability caused by my father’s neglect and control, I was brutally assaulted and raped by several men after being lured into a dangerous situation by neighbors I thought I could trust. I suffered a severe concussion and was terrified for my life.

I reached out to my parents for help, hoping they would protect me. Instead, they abandoned me, lied to me, and tricked me into being committed to a mental health facility. They falsely claimed I was delusional about the assault to discredit me and avoid helping me. My father’s goal seemed to be obtaining a false diagnosis to undermine my credibility permanently. Thankfully, the hospital did not diagnose me as he had hoped, but the trauma was devastating.

Recent Escalation and Threats to My Life

Six months ago, I sought medical attention for a separate issue. My father fabricated bizarre lies that resulted in me being hospitalized and misdiagnosed again. I was given medication for a condition I don’t have, which caused a severe reaction and led to a car crash. I could have died.

Since then, I have been without a car, isolated, and in increasing danger. My father continues to threaten me with false institutionalization, physical harm, and even death if I seek help. He has damaged my belongings, caused massive medical debt by ensuring I was wrongly hospitalized ($20,000), and left me financially and emotionally destroyed.

What I Urgently Need

I am terrified and need help to escape this situation before it is too late. Specifically, I need:

•Financial assistance to secure a vehicle, safe housing, and basic needs.

•Legal resources to protect myself and pursue litigation against my father for his actions (mostly, the financial damage done).

•Support for medical and mental health care, as I am suffering from severe PTSD and unresolved trauma.

Any help—advice, connections to resources, or financial support—could save my life. My life has been threatened if I am to share this with anyone- this has been the case my entire life- and so I am hoping that explains why I have such a sense of urgency to get away and be able to protect myself.

My extended family doesn’t know about this, on either side. My dad is a vice president and an attorney at a corporate law firm, and no one has any idea about who he truly is. He is incredibly successful and willing to manipulate others, and I am terrified at this point. He has even managed to damage my once close relationship with my sister, the only  person I felt I could trust in my family. I have never been more alone, and that’s why I feel this abuse continues to escalate. 

I am terrified to post this more than anything I’ve done, but I have to give it a try. Thank you once again for your time, just for reading this, and generosity. 
 

I make art, and have a plan for trying to give something back to any one who donates - but I don’t want to add that (or a real photo) and put myself at risk just yet to be safe.

Photo is a photo of my dog, who I love so much and is the only thing in my life that makes me feel loved. I am going to miss him so much, and I don’t want to leave him here having to hear screaming so much and being scared, but I know I will have to. for therapeutic purposes for PTSD and being scared with what happened to me- I also plan to rescue a dog right away. I know that will be an additional expense for food  vet visits, and something that any funds would also be used for. 

thank you.