Quote Originally Posted by Jayden-Jair View Post
I can relate to you except I never got to the dynamic that you have experienced. I was told myself that the only way to succeed in life is to go to school, get a successful -well paying- job, get materialistic things such as a house, a car, anemeties and have a family. Then leave the world. Now, I must ask if that is attractive to anyone. No where was it mentioned to have a social life, mistakes, or anything less than perfection. This is an American culture, having the lifestyle of wealth based success over happiness. For my life story, I’ll post a separate thread if anyone were to to request it but the main thing I want to exclaim is that I couldn’t live life where I’m always stressed and bored out of my mind. I’ve made several attempts on my life but each one failed because either I didn’t take enough of a medication or the wound wasn’t fatal to which they could revive me from. This lead to my parents to change their perspective on how they should approach parenting. It took them years before they could come to understand that I am different. Through it, there were many arguments, loneliness from the restrictions of how I can interact with people. I believe if one is truly passionate about change, they can achieve it. Parents can change. It’s not impossible, but it’s really difficult to convince them without realizing the effects of what they have done. Because again in parental guidance (and in many aspects of life) if something worked before, it should work again.

To keep this from turning into a narrative to which regular readers of the forums do not necessarily like reading, I’d like to say that the result of what I have become is messy. But I am alive and striving to become who I want to be. Although I have developed a couple of mental disorders, I believe I still have room to be who I want to be rather than what the past is trying to define me as.

If you made it this far, I appreciate taking the time to read this.

I love deeper level conversations.
Since your offered say your story, I think that it'll help the the thread out very well as the whole propose of the thread -or at least what I'm trying to do- is to shine a light on how messed up this is.

My parents want me to become a doctor because they want status. It would be nice to hear the money-side of forcy parents.