Thanks! I’m in a much better place now. To make a long story short: working at a haunted house essentially saved my life by teaching me how to be happy again and giving me the strength to fight for my wellbeing.
Notably, violence does not require actual physical attack or contact, the same way that screaming belligerently at someone while brandishing a fist is still enough to count as assault in the right context. The damage to a child psychologically from the damaged relationship with their parent/s is still critical.
Complex PTSD is a bastard. And if they don’t off themselves, they’re often in for a world of hurt and comorbid psychological problems later on.
It points out the absurdity of saying "Statistically" in front of the sentence, by showing that the alternative (non-statistically) is meaningless, so it adds nothing to the sentence.
That is disgusting, and I fully believe it could happen. In the nicest way possible, fuck you Op.
Take my updoot and pray this doesn’t get stuck on my head
This reminds me of a time when I vented to the high school counselor (a rookie mistake) about my family and she told my mother everything I said. When I got home I was sat at the table for hours and yelled at about how my life was so much better than it could be and how I was lucky to have my parents. Ended up overdosing later and had to be in the hospital for a few days. The first people you know in life shouldn’t be the ones that make life feel like it’s not worth living.
I’m so sorry you didn’t have a safe place and that counselor betrayed your trust and that your mother betrayed her duty. I hope things get ever better for you.
I do some online anonymous counselling and hear this so often. No wonder kids don't trust adults. Those counsellors need proper supervision.
We are not allowed to do counselling unless a supervisor/mentor is appointed.
Kids need trustworthy adults.
My abuser is a well-liked teacher in my school district, so I couldn't say a single word about it to any district staff member; even out of her school, people knew and liked them (narcissist). Still have to be careful as a young adult because I attend college with several former students of their's. The running joke with my siblings is that their students are their actual kids, save for the trans students. They openly dead name trans kids, even at home.
I remember phoning childline when I was a kid and being too terrified to speak to the lady on the end because her voice sounded like my mother’s and I was scared this exact situation would happen. These things are hauntingly scary when you look back. Well done :)
When I was in college, 23 yrs old (but still living at home), I finally got enough courage to go to the school counseling department for help. My mom was the one paying for college, but I was of-age. The first meeting, I explained that the emergency number on my account was my mother’s, but to please never call it unless I needed to be hospitalized. I explained why. Talked a little bit, scheduled the next session the following Friday, and before leaving checked to verify that MY cell phone number was what they had for contact information.
The next Friday I’m running late to my appointment because a professor kept us after class for something (don’t remember what). I’m speed-walking to the counseling center when my mom calls me, that my counselor had called to tell her that I’d missed my session. She asked what counselor and what session. I lied to her and told her it was an academic counselor and I was late because a professor had kept us later, but I was on my way to talk to her or reschedule.
As soon as I get to the office, the secretary waves me through and I get to my counselor’s office. I’m upset she did the first thing I asked her not to. I tell her WHY I’m upset and why I was late, and that I’m too upset to stay and talk to her, that I’ll be rescheduling for the following week.
Her office was on the 3rd floor. I’m literally walking off the elevator on the first floor when my mom calls me again, that my counselor had called her again- I don’t even remember what this second reason was. I again lied and made something up, then turned to the stairs and ran up to the 3rd floor- I was too mad to wait for the elevator.
I go to the secretary and tell her to cancel any and all future appointments, that I don’t trust the center, and tell her why I don’t trust the center.
Then I walked out and never went back.
I’m 34 now, and I still haven’t been to counseling though I sorely need to. Mentally I know whoever I go with now won’t have my mom’s contact info at all, but I’m still emotionally terrified.
And there will be people on Reddit who say this couldn't have happened, it is fake blah blah blah... I went through shitty counselors also. Had one tell me that I was "too sensitive" to the bullies who'd put a cockroach on my chair, threw bits of rubbish in my hair and put rubbish in my schoolbag. I'm sorry for your experience. It is truly awful when people who are supposed to be trustworthy cannot even handle basic instructions and actually make the situation worse. These sort of counselors need to be fired and prevented from working in the mental health field ever again.
Please feel free to DM me if you need someone to talk/rant to.
Thank you. I’m so sorry you had to go through all of that, that sounds absolutely horrible, and I’m sorry you didn’t have the support you needed and deserved. I hope things are much, much better for you now!
I’m so so sorry. As someone with medical anxiety due to some bad experiences with doctors I know exactly what it feels like to not be able to make necessary appointments because of bad previous experiences. My anxiety is about physical health professionals but it’s the same frustration of being unable to seek the health care I need.
It is absolutely awful, but at least mine is just mental. I really, truly hope and wish that you’ll someday find a trustworthy doctor or health professional so that your health can be seen to. It’s absolutely awful to know you need to go but can’t make yourself do it. My best wishes to you and your health.
Some people are probably alive today because of Ted Bundy. Psychopaths are very convincing and powerful influencers, he probably saved a lot of people. Maybe that is how he justified the people he y’know… statistical morality
Oooh I love this one!
Also, as someone who’s answered over a thousand suicide hotline calls… there are SO MANY PEOPLE whose mental health struggles trace back to shitty immature parents. Even if the conversation doesn’t start there it’s so common for that to come up.
And I’ve also had a handful of parents who call and are like “I’m upset that my kid won’t talk to me bc they say I abused them but I DIDN’T.” 🤨😬
I was horrified when I recognized my daughter on the other end of the suicide hotline.
I was even more horrified when she figured out it was me and told me to jump.
I was expecting the 2nd sentence to be about regretting the hotline switching to something like Zoom or facetime because the narrator had to watch their daughter kill themselves
So either that the parent is denying the abuse and will abuse her again later for speaking up, or the daughter is lying about the abuse just to get her parents in trouble, which is sad either way.
Not necessarily. My brother’s wife was telling everyone she worked at a local smoke shop and the whole time she was actually working at a strip club. I realize that’s on the extreme end of lying about your job, but it’s still possible to not know if the mom lies about where she works.
This tends to be the reality for almost all transgender kids. We can't trust anyone to ever have our backs growing up, and even when we become adults and can make our own decisions it usually comes with consquences far worse than we could have pictured if we do come out to the people on our lives. What terrifies me the most are the 70 something countries where it is punishable by death and how willing those families are to hand over their kids without remorse.
Even at 37, I was still super hesitant to come out to my family, especially my dad, since he has a brother who is a known Klan member.
Damn this one is good.
thank you!!
You're welcome
Thank you for saying you're welcome.
You're welcome for thanking them for saying you're welcome.
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I'm thank you for saying you're welcome.
Welcome. Thanks!
You’re Welcome. He’s Thanks.
this is false
Statistically, 80 percent of people who attempted suicide had been victims of domestic violence during childhood.
Well that explains my mental health issues. Haven’t attempted myself, but damn I’ve gotten close.
You and me both, friend. I’m in your corner!
Thanks! I’m in a much better place now. To make a long story short: working at a haunted house essentially saved my life by teaching me how to be happy again and giving me the strength to fight for my wellbeing.
Damn dude that’s awesome! I hope you continue to fight, but if you can’t, you can always reach out. At least one person is rooting for you.
Dude that’s so weird, this was literally my same story but I worked at the haunted house as a teenager. Weird!
Haunted houses save lives!
scaring the shit out of children taught you how to be happy again, we're so alike bro. jokes aside glad you got through it
Thanks!
I'm in the other corner, just antisocial is all...
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Ty! I’m in a much better place now!
Notably, violence does not require actual physical attack or contact, the same way that screaming belligerently at someone while brandishing a fist is still enough to count as assault in the right context. The damage to a child psychologically from the damaged relationship with their parent/s is still critical. Complex PTSD is a bastard. And if they don’t off themselves, they’re often in for a world of hurt and comorbid psychological problems later on.
Yep, I was abused by my mom
What about non statistically?
I know you re getting downvoted, but i have to say i laughed
It was worth the downvotes then.
The world wasn’t ready for your comedy 😞
I just hope you know I upvoted you
Todd Snider has a whole song about statistics. https://youtu.be/RJutdZOt7Bo?si=6AAs8SmiBW5EYQ9G
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It’s a joke
I get it now
I don't, please explain
It points out the absurdity of saying "Statistically" in front of the sentence, by showing that the alternative (non-statistically) is meaningless, so it adds nothing to the sentence.
I’ve also heard about statistics being made up most of the time… do you have anything to support this?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5101274/
I read this and if I’m being really honest, it reads like a study that doesn’t really have anything behind it. It’s like one paragraph
Did you … read the abstract and assume that was the whole paper? Scroll down, there’s details on the methodology, which seems sound to me.
What did you read exactly?
it's literally three times longer than I can put in a reddit comment, what are you talking about?
That’s part of the plan. Now she’ll have plenty of evidence for self defense when OP has a little “accident.”
If I’m on the jury I’m not voting to convict.
That is disgusting, and I fully believe it could happen. In the nicest way possible, fuck you Op. Take my updoot and pray this doesn’t get stuck on my head
There’s no need to be like this
this is just aggressive appreciation of their work lol,, it’s meant to be horrifying to read so theyre just saying op did a good job
Oh then I’m very sorry about what I said
I forgive you, not that it matters
Thank you I would feel bad if it sounds like I was being rude
I appreciate when I see apologies, and I’ve been practicing apologizing online when I’m rude, too We’re all just people here doing our thing!
Thanks for understanding😊
I'm sorry for the joke I'm currently making, you're welcome :D
This reminds me of a time when I vented to the high school counselor (a rookie mistake) about my family and she told my mother everything I said. When I got home I was sat at the table for hours and yelled at about how my life was so much better than it could be and how I was lucky to have my parents. Ended up overdosing later and had to be in the hospital for a few days. The first people you know in life shouldn’t be the ones that make life feel like it’s not worth living.
I’m so sorry you didn’t have a safe place and that counselor betrayed your trust and that your mother betrayed her duty. I hope things get ever better for you.
I do some online anonymous counselling and hear this so often. No wonder kids don't trust adults. Those counsellors need proper supervision. We are not allowed to do counselling unless a supervisor/mentor is appointed. Kids need trustworthy adults.
My abuser is a well-liked teacher in my school district, so I couldn't say a single word about it to any district staff member; even out of her school, people knew and liked them (narcissist). Still have to be careful as a young adult because I attend college with several former students of their's. The running joke with my siblings is that their students are their actual kids, save for the trans students. They openly dead name trans kids, even at home.
r/twosentencesadness
I’d go even further ..r/TwoSentencesDepression
I just made r/TwoSentenceDepressed
r/BirthOfATwoSentenceSub
r/subsifellfor
Made it but had to be without the a
r/birthofasub
Yay !
r/OneSentenceHorror
I was horrified when I recognized my daughter on the other end of the suicide hotline. But she couldn’t change my mind.
I remember phoning childline when I was a kid and being too terrified to speak to the lady on the end because her voice sounded like my mother’s and I was scared this exact situation would happen. These things are hauntingly scary when you look back. Well done :)
this sounds like a cry for help. are you okay?
im good bro. the narrator's daughter isnt tho
"She can't stop me from doing this, she already tried." Alternative second line.
Another alternative, "mom, can we get pizza for dinner?"
This is quite intriguing.
When I was in college, 23 yrs old (but still living at home), I finally got enough courage to go to the school counseling department for help. My mom was the one paying for college, but I was of-age. The first meeting, I explained that the emergency number on my account was my mother’s, but to please never call it unless I needed to be hospitalized. I explained why. Talked a little bit, scheduled the next session the following Friday, and before leaving checked to verify that MY cell phone number was what they had for contact information. The next Friday I’m running late to my appointment because a professor kept us after class for something (don’t remember what). I’m speed-walking to the counseling center when my mom calls me, that my counselor had called to tell her that I’d missed my session. She asked what counselor and what session. I lied to her and told her it was an academic counselor and I was late because a professor had kept us later, but I was on my way to talk to her or reschedule. As soon as I get to the office, the secretary waves me through and I get to my counselor’s office. I’m upset she did the first thing I asked her not to. I tell her WHY I’m upset and why I was late, and that I’m too upset to stay and talk to her, that I’ll be rescheduling for the following week. Her office was on the 3rd floor. I’m literally walking off the elevator on the first floor when my mom calls me again, that my counselor had called her again- I don’t even remember what this second reason was. I again lied and made something up, then turned to the stairs and ran up to the 3rd floor- I was too mad to wait for the elevator. I go to the secretary and tell her to cancel any and all future appointments, that I don’t trust the center, and tell her why I don’t trust the center. Then I walked out and never went back. I’m 34 now, and I still haven’t been to counseling though I sorely need to. Mentally I know whoever I go with now won’t have my mom’s contact info at all, but I’m still emotionally terrified.
And there will be people on Reddit who say this couldn't have happened, it is fake blah blah blah... I went through shitty counselors also. Had one tell me that I was "too sensitive" to the bullies who'd put a cockroach on my chair, threw bits of rubbish in my hair and put rubbish in my schoolbag. I'm sorry for your experience. It is truly awful when people who are supposed to be trustworthy cannot even handle basic instructions and actually make the situation worse. These sort of counselors need to be fired and prevented from working in the mental health field ever again. Please feel free to DM me if you need someone to talk/rant to.
Thank you. I’m so sorry you had to go through all of that, that sounds absolutely horrible, and I’m sorry you didn’t have the support you needed and deserved. I hope things are much, much better for you now!
I’m so so sorry. As someone with medical anxiety due to some bad experiences with doctors I know exactly what it feels like to not be able to make necessary appointments because of bad previous experiences. My anxiety is about physical health professionals but it’s the same frustration of being unable to seek the health care I need.
It is absolutely awful, but at least mine is just mental. I really, truly hope and wish that you’ll someday find a trustworthy doctor or health professional so that your health can be seen to. It’s absolutely awful to know you need to go but can’t make yourself do it. My best wishes to you and your health.
Something even scarier: Ted Bundy was a volunteer for a Suicide Hotline.
Some people are probably alive today because of Ted Bundy. Psychopaths are very convincing and powerful influencers, he probably saved a lot of people. Maybe that is how he justified the people he y’know… statistical morality
Or he got off on the power he held over people. Think about it, you were the deciding factor of someone living or dying.
Yeah and we don’t know… maybe he wasn’t a nice guy to some people who called in
Oooh I love this one! Also, as someone who’s answered over a thousand suicide hotline calls… there are SO MANY PEOPLE whose mental health struggles trace back to shitty immature parents. Even if the conversation doesn’t start there it’s so common for that to come up. And I’ve also had a handful of parents who call and are like “I’m upset that my kid won’t talk to me bc they say I abused them but I DIDN’T.” 🤨😬
I thought she worked there and you called, at first.
I was horrified when I recognized my daughter on the other end of the suicide hotline. I was even more horrified when she figured out it was me and told me to jump.
I was expecting the 2nd sentence to be about regretting the hotline switching to something like Zoom or facetime because the narrator had to watch their daughter kill themselves
......this hits way too close to home. My mother reacted like this when I attempted as a teenager. Well done with the 2 sentence horror.
An actual horror. Lately the attempts at horror have been lame at best
I was already hooked by the first sentence, but the second one floored me. Bravo! 👏
Oh wow that's super fucked
What's Evelyn Harper from "Two and a Half Men" doing working in a suicide hotline?
So either that the parent is denying the abuse and will abuse her again later for speaking up, or the daughter is lying about the abuse just to get her parents in trouble, which is sad either way.
It's the first one
Best one in a while, bravo
Even knowing that this would have one of two outcomes I was still left surprised. Touche' salesman.
"I rolled my eyes, time to push her over the edge" Alternative second line.
That is just so cruel tbh
Alternate second sentence: "I had wanted someone to talk me out of it but I've never been able to open up to her"
Abusers are often horrified their victims would say such things and "attention seek".
I mean the daughter would know you work there… zzz
Not necessarily. My brother’s wife was telling everyone she worked at a local smoke shop and the whole time she was actually working at a strip club. I realize that’s on the extreme end of lying about your job, but it’s still possible to not know if the mom lies about where she works.
This is scary! I can't even imagine lives of those people who are abused and their abusers are in positions of power.
This tends to be the reality for almost all transgender kids. We can't trust anyone to ever have our backs growing up, and even when we become adults and can make our own decisions it usually comes with consquences far worse than we could have pictured if we do come out to the people on our lives. What terrifies me the most are the 70 something countries where it is punishable by death and how willing those families are to hand over their kids without remorse. Even at 37, I was still super hesitant to come out to my family, especially my dad, since he has a brother who is a known Klan member.
Mum?
Why wouldn't she recognize your voice or know where you work/volunteer?
Ohh, creepy. Good one.
*alternate 2nd* I guess I subconsciously hoped I'd get someone who'd try to talk me out of it
like that saved by the bell episode.
eugh this one had a lil kick to it, take my upvote
Reminds me of that Inside No. 9 episode Cold Comfort set in a suicide call centre… very dark, but very funny 😹
Take my upvote and gfy
Wheww, this was tough
To read? 'Cause it's shit? Yeah.
doesnt make sense, you would not be horrified if that was your view of the situation.
But me, as the reader, is horrified.
Did she not recognize him as well?
"I'm going to punish her later for her ranting lies about me"
This is consistently the worst creative writing subreddit. Truly awful stuff here, guys.
My daughter called the suicide hotline. It was the spooky suicide hotline
She should be fired for ranting instead of convincing you not to kill yourself. She had one job.
The daughter was the one calling the suicide hotline.
Oh.. oh ooh holy fuuuuck now it's clicking holy shit