Developed survival strategies to cope with abuse from "summary" of A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer
As the abuse from Mother intensified, I had to become more clever in order to survive. I learned to anticipate her moods and adjust my behavior accordingly. When she was in a good mood, I would try to stay out of her way as much as possible. If she was in a bad mood, I would try to be invisible, hiding in my room or finding some other way to escape her wrath. I also developed a keen sense of when the abuse was going to happen and would try to avoid it if possible. Sometimes I would try to distract her with jokes or stories, anything to take her mind off of hurting me. Other times, I would try to physically defend myself, although that often resulted in even more severe punishment. One of the most important survival strategies I developed was the ability to emo...
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