I once went to a wedding of my little cousin’s uncle I was really close with him I was probably 7 or 9 then my uncle actually said to stay with them a little longer and go to my home a little late with them so my mother actually went home a little earlier without me i still remember he, my father came to pick me and my little cousin and i said something like its saturday tomorrow i wont go to school and how harshly he told me to shut up then when we reached home he called me into the front room of our house it was dark he closed the door i remember a little light peeking through the opening of the door i saw he had a stick i was scared it was so unexpected i remember cornering the wall and besides the bed and i fell to the floor he beat me in my leg i dont remember how much it hurt all i remember was i was holding a sock it was drenched in sweat and tears i think my leg bleed at multiple places i remember the scars a little then he told me to never again to go anywhere or to do anything without his permission, to not show that i was crying, not to tell anybody and told me to silently go to bed, my mother saw and asked what happened to my legs i tried to act asleep she could sense who did that, i later found out father was very stressed and angry about something at work. I am 15 now I am still scared to do anything to anger him. I still maintain my distance when he seems to be in a bad mood. My heart is beating so loud right, my tears cannot stop falling that’s something new it was so long ago i thought i was over it. Can something so small that happened a long time ago still be considered as trauma?
