When my parents are out of the house, my brother beats me up. He hits me really hard and winds me. Sometimes he blocks the door, insisting we have a fight, but he is too strong and I don't want to fight because I get hurt by him and he won't let me go. I am scared of him and I have started to have scary dreams about him hurting me over and over with no one around to help me.
Today he chased my upstairs to my room and locked me in by holding his body against the door. He banged and banged and heaved to try and get in, saying he would 'punch my face in'. I was scared and started crying and shaking on the other side of the door but he didn't stop. My muscles were aching from holding all my strength against the door and he held me there for about 20 minutes. He had my mobile phone and told me, 'you have no one to call for help' and he would 'wait me out' until I opened the door. I started screaming for help but no one was in the house apart from us two. I am scared to be in the house alone with him.
The worst thing is, that I have tried to tell mum and dad, but my brother is an angel in their eyes who can do no wrong, and they refuse to believe a word I say, I am always put in the wrong.
I like it when my brother is nice to me, when we can be friends, but I wish I wasn't scared of him. I don't know what I have done wrong, he seems to hate me.
Please give me some advice.