I saw my father hit my mom. Short stories on mental health a story about a girl who saw her father hit her mother and how she was dealt with it.

“We were a happy family, my mom, and my father! We were a normal family who goes out on Sundays when we return home after having chaat which is my favorite. My dad has a printing shop and I guess this was pretty much it.”

I was 12 when we had a loss in our business. Things started going downhill since then. We had a tense atmosphere at home. Mom and dad were mostly silent and did not talk much. Dad didn’t talk to me much either.

I saw my father hit my mom. Short stories on mental health

He was stressed a lot and hit my mom in Infront of me once. This was hard for me to take, to see my mom being hit by dad! I was shocked, scared, and depressed and didn’t understand what was going on. I was not coming outside of my room much.

Despite all this my mom was strong and she came to me and tried to explain to me what happened. she told me how we have a huge debt on our heads and how daddy was stressed. She was headstrong and tried to talk to my dad that I saw what happened.

We all spoke at the dinner table. My dad said sorry for what all happened. He explained to me how we are in huge debt and in that stress I happen to hit your mom. I am sorry! Both of you!

We all had a family hug and had our dinner in silence yet I was relieved. This was bad yes, but we, as a family are going well.

I saw my father hit my mom. Short stories on mental health

This is a simple fiction story about how small things matters for Mental Health. How family bonding comes to rescue us from being further drowning in depression.

In this series, I would write about more such fiction stories in which small elements would help the character into a better state of mind.

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