ExMuslim forced into a mental hospital. I need to leave these people. Help? #LGBT #OpPinkPower #openough

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I don’t know why I’m posting my entire story here, but I saw some amazing posts getting such supportive replies; and to be honest, I just need someone to talk to.

I’m in my 20’s, and was raised in a conservative Muslim family in the Gulf. At 16, I realized I was gay, and ran away with a girl I had fallen in love with. I came back to my family because I was much too young to be able to depend on myself in a foreign country, and things went downhill from there. My father divorced my mother, and we stopped seeing him for many years. My mother became more strict, abusive, and very unloving. She knew I was gay, that I didn’t believe in Islam, we fought over the veil I’m forced to wear so much, but she decided to live in denial and just take out her anger on me. She eventually banned me from absolutely everything, and became physically abusive.

After finding out that I didn’t fast on one of the days of Ramadan, she completely lost her mind and told my father she doesn’t want me anymore. They lied to me, and said that my dad wants me to travel and see him and his new family- He lives in Saudi Arabia. I missed him, so I willingly left. When I arrived he told me I wasn’t going back home, that I wasn’t going to continue university, and that I was going to stay here until I “change”.

Then, he forcibly entered me into a Mental Hospital. In Saudi Arabia, the patients who are admitted can’t leave on their own; a man from her family has to release her, so I stayed there for 14 terrifying days. I saw schizophrenics, psychotics, women pissing and shitting on the floors, screaming bloody murder, and some became physically abusive with me. I didn’t eat, sleep, or stop shaking the entire time. I am forever scarred by what they did, and I will never forgive them for it. The only “therapy” they had for me was reading Koran and memorizing the verses. I played along, just so I could somehow leave.

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ExMuslim forced into a mental hospital. I need to leave these people. Help? : atheism

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ExMuslim forced into a mental hospital. I need to leave these people. Help? #LGBT #OpPinkPower #openough

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via @AnonPinkNinja

I don’t know why I’m posting my entire story here, but I saw some amazing posts getting such supportive replies; and to be honest, I just need someone to talk to.

I’m in my 20’s, and was raised in a conservative Muslim family in the Gulf. At 16, I realized I was gay, and ran away with a girl I had fallen in love with. I came back to my family because I was much too young to be able to depend on myself in a foreign country, and things went downhill from there. My father divorced my mother, and we stopped seeing him for many years. My mother became more strict, abusive, and very unloving. She knew I was gay, that I didn’t believe in Islam, we fought over the veil I’m forced to wear so much, but she decided to live in denial and just take out her anger on me. She eventually banned me from absolutely everything, and became physically abusive.

After finding out that I didn’t fast on one of the days of Ramadan, she completely lost her mind and told my father she doesn’t want me anymore. They lied to me, and said that my dad wants me to travel and see him and his new family- He lives in Saudi Arabia. I missed him, so I willingly left. When I arrived he told me I wasn’t going back home, that I wasn’t going to continue university, and that I was going to stay here until I “change”.

Then, he forcibly entered me into a Mental Hospital. In Saudi Arabia, the patients who are admitted can’t leave on their own; a man from her family has to release her, so I stayed there for 14 terrifying days. I saw schizophrenics, psychotics, women pissing and shitting on the floors, screaming bloody murder, and some became physically abusive with me. I didn’t eat, sleep, or stop shaking the entire time. I am forever scarred by what they did, and I will never forgive them for it. The only “therapy” they had for me was reading Koran and memorizing the verses. I played along, just so I could somehow leave.

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ExMuslim forced into a mental hospital. I need to leave these people. Help? : atheism

Note Anonymiss: Also see comments for how the story is developing …