why is it no one wants to believe you when you're being abused at home?

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When you confide in them, it seems like they shrug it off or say things like "I'm sure he loves you, you just take it too seriously" or "he's got a lot on his plate". Usually, it's the victim of the abuser that says those things but if the victim feels he or she is being abused and you confide in someone, they don't want to believe it.

bluebonnetgranny · Answer

You aren't telling the right people that could actually help you.  Are you a chronic complainer?  Maybe no one takes you serious cause you are constantly complaining.  Or maybe the abuse you claim as abuse is not abuse, only seen in your own mind.

Do you get specific about the abuse?  or do you just say you are abused at home?  Lots of kids think they are abused when they aren't.  Is it physical abuse from a father?  Is he raping you?  What kind of abuse are you claiming?  Does your parents beat you?  What kind of abuse?  It all could be in your minds eye & not real abuse.

? · Answer

I hate this, too. It is usually people that have NO idea what you're going through.

Sometimes, people have to experience something with their own skin to understand how it makes you feel.

THE BANNIBAL ONE · Answer

You are talking to the wrong people.
They are not your friends.
Go to the police or social workers..

Little Ms Sunshine · Answer

Perhaps you're confiding in the wrong people? There are social workers who can and will assist you, wherever you live.

why is it no one wants to believe you when you're being abused at home?

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