I was 5 years old when I met my step father… I was 18 years old when he first asked me to take my bra off because ‘my mom wasn’t home.’
He has made me feel uncomfortable and sexually harassed me twice since then.
When I was 21 I moved away, finally told my mom, she acted like she cared that night, and then the next night decided that my step dad was ‘joking’ when those situations happened and that I shouldn’t take it so seriously.

I am now 23 years old and this situation is one of the only road blocks I have from being the best me I can be. The pain and violation from this situation is now leaking into my relationships with men and I have woken up to the fact that I cannot suppress these feelings anymore. My mom and step dad both know that we all know, and nobody talks about it. I live on the other side of the country but whenever I’m “home” I feel uncomfortable and like there is a huge elephant in the room.

Yesterday I finally got the courage to express how I feel.. I explained to my mom that I love her, and would like her to support me through this and that I am not okay. She said,” Its not like he raped you,” and asked me why I’m being so emotional. She said that he has a story of what happened that is different than mine and she “would rather just not deal with it at all because it sucks.”

I don’t feel love from her and I am thinking of cutting ties with her altogether.

thoughts? help? advice?
any love would help at this point.