My twin, Dustin is always beating on me. We're both 15 years old, and this just started happening recently. My guess is it's either because of our parent's divorce, or because he was recently diagnosed with ADHD and he uses that as an excuse.
He never touches me when anyone else is home, but when my dad's at work, he always finds some way to get mad at me. Sometimes, it's not even when he's mad. It's like he gets enjoyment out of my pain. For example, I was telling my younger brother (He's 11) that I get beaten on every day, after Dustin lashed out on him. I was trying to explain to him that things like this happen every day to me. He was listening and just smiled and said, "I do a good job, don't I?"
I've tried to tell my dad, but the only thing he tells me is that I need to fight back. I can't do that, because whenever I fight back, he comes back at me ten times worse.
It's become so often, that I often find myself grabbing knives and threatening him with them, but he just laughs, because he knows that I won't actually use them. Then, he goes and tells my dad, and my dad tells me that he'll put me in jail for pulling a knife on him. I try to explain that it's self defense, but he never listens.
Sometimes, I tell him that I want to move, because I can't take the abuse any more. He just laughs and says, "Great, now I've got my own room!"
I can't call the cops, because it's considered sibling rivalry, and he's never done anything worse than punching/kicking me? What do I do?
All advice is appreciated!
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