Sasha, 26, USA

Well, Im 26 now but my abuse has been going on since I could remember. Im the youngest of 3. My mother has always been so attached to her church that she would neglect us or should I say me.

I have an older sister and older brother so to her she had already had all she wanted. I was the youngest and always to this day get blamed for what my sister and brother do. During my school day years she would do whatever she could to make me look different, she would make me miss a lot of school, she wouldn't allow me to have friends, or to participate in anything.

I started drinking the minute I was able to actually go out. One night I was 16 and showed up drunk and she slapped me across the face, that really didn't bother me because I know it was disrespectful to her but she told me " I don't even know if your still a virgin" at the time I was completely clueless on what that was but I still cried.

The next day I asked my cousin and she told me. How can a mother tell her daughter that? A few years later I started dating this guy, who she didn't like. He treated me like a princess and knew the problems I had with her. Well, she was always mean to him and basically kept me from seeing him, so I broke up with him.

I was crying that day and she went into my room and told me that I was worthless and that no one will ever love me. My drinking got worse after that comment, I never thought I would be loved so I wanted to be drunk all the time because I honestly believed her.

When I was in college I was dating a guy that was about to go to Med school and instead of her telling me that no one will ever love me she told him that he was too good for me to just forget about and leave me. It hurt me so bad, that she does whatever she can do to make my life miserable.

She blames me still for everything for the problems in my sisters marriage which we live in different states, she blames be because my brother got a girl pregnant that I don't even know. I'm still in school right now and it is very difficult trying to make it on my own, and I asked her for help and she told me I was still useless and worthless and to stop trying.