My mom is kind of like that, not as bad as your dad though. Looking back, she's been that way since I can remember. In elementary school I was always the best student in my class. I got straight As but kept hearing "you'll fail" all the time. It wasn't everyday or anything like that, but it certainly did affect me. I'm doing really well in college and I still get that "I'm gonna screw up" and "My life is going the wrong way" and everything. All my life I've been trying to disprove her, but now I just don't care and tell her it's none of her business. I'm still doing really well everywhere, but now I am doing it for myself and only myself.

Thinking about all of this had made me realize something. Hearing that I will fail all the time had made me not take risks in life. Since I moved away from home I started taking risks and testing my limits and exploring myself and the world in a new way.