Hi, My DD has recently gone off to uni, she was always worried about leaving me with her Dad as I’ve suffered at his hands for many years. At the beginning of October he was put on notice of redundancy, this led to him drinking even more excessively than usual and in a completely unprovoked attack he physically and verbally assaulted me at 1.30 in the morning because I’d fallen asleep in my daughters bedroom. I told him that I’d had enough and wanted to separate, and a week later he threatened to take his own life. He subsequently took an overdose in a busy public car park which meant the police came to my door. I broke down and told them of the abuse I’d been subjected to and when he was released from hospital they told him not to return to the family home.
im now just having such a hard time, I feel very alone, I don’t have friends due to being isolated by him. My daughter had been my main focus but she’s having such a great time at uni, including starting a new relationship that shes barely looked back!
I feel very sad, lonely and don’t really know how to get myself out of this hole. My daughter is being supported by her new friends and boyfriend and whilst I’m so pleased for her, I also feel like I don’t have any support or anyone to talk to. I don’t want to put my problems/feelings onto her but I definitely need to get things off my chest. I come home from work everyday to an empty house and I’m feeling like I could easily falter in my determination to stay away from him.
Thank you for reading, sorry it’s a downer. I know it’s an awful thing to say but I feel very shut out of my DD’s life right now and I’m struggling with that too!