For some background, I'm an Asian high school freshmen, with Asian parents that immigrated from China when they were around 20 or so. They are way too controlling, telling me what to eat, what to do, what not to do, putting me into classes I really don't want to be in, forcing me to do stuff, watching over me as I work, putting my computer in the kitchen, telling me who I can be friends with, etc. I essentially have a personal room, that is never used, like at all. All I do is sleep and change in there. Nothing else, oh and storing books. But that's it. Everything is in the kitchen behind the kitchen table. How in the world am I supposed to work, knowing that they're looking at me, staring holes in the back of my head? This has actually been going on for the past hmm, well, my whole life. I really don't like this and I never have time to actually relax. Actually, no. The only time I can relax is outside of my house in-school or after school. Isn't it supposed to be the other way around?
I'm also the younger son of 2. My older brother had all the privileges, sure his life didn't exactly turn out the way my parents wanted to, but he was happy with his girlfriend. My parents don't exactly care for happiness, it's more of success and money. He was allowed a room where he could be to himself for his whole high school life and even before. But me? Nope, zip, zero, nada. Now, in my case, I have so little freedom to do anything.
They have taken away everything that I possible enjoy. Not only does that make me incredibly boring because of my lack of humour, but it makes me stressed out all the time. No time to relax, work, work, work, and more work. All this stress builds up and more than once, I was at school and broke down.
Here's another thing, they take away the internet when they aren't home, unless it is for like a few minutes. So this time I have right now to write this is quite limited. That has taken away time from my own social life. Do you know what my social life is? Me on my tablet sending bursts of messages while I'm on the toilet. My friends have to essentially spell out a lot of popular media stuff. For god's sake, I didn't know what Gangnam style was until it had already reached 1 billion views. I'm not allowed to talk to my friends outside of school, no messaging, no calling, nothing.
Another this is that they don't listen to logic. At all. When I bring up a point, for example, watching over me all the time or taking away the internet, they use the same excuse, saying that I don't possess any self-control. I am fully aware that I do, because if I didn't then I'd be running around smoking weed yelling "YOLO 420" and all that stuff other NORMAL adolescents say these days.
How am I supposed to deal with this? Input on this would be greatly valued.
I'm also the younger son of 2. My older brother had all the privileges, sure his life didn't exactly turn out the way my parents wanted to, but he was happy with his girlfriend. My parents don't exactly care for happiness, it's more of success and money. He was allowed a room where he could be to himself for his whole high school life and even before. But me? Nope, zip, zero, nada. Now, in my case, I have so little freedom to do anything.
They have taken away everything that I possible enjoy. Not only does that make me incredibly boring because of my lack of humour, but it makes me stressed out all the time. No time to relax, work, work, work, and more work. All this stress builds up and more than once, I was at school and broke down.
Here's another thing, they take away the internet when they aren't home, unless it is for like a few minutes. So this time I have right now to write this is quite limited. That has taken away time from my own social life. Do you know what my social life is? Me on my tablet sending bursts of messages while I'm on the toilet. My friends have to essentially spell out a lot of popular media stuff. For god's sake, I didn't know what Gangnam style was until it had already reached 1 billion views. I'm not allowed to talk to my friends outside of school, no messaging, no calling, nothing.
Another this is that they don't listen to logic. At all. When I bring up a point, for example, watching over me all the time or taking away the internet, they use the same excuse, saying that I don't possess any self-control. I am fully aware that I do, because if I didn't then I'd be running around smoking weed yelling "YOLO 420" and all that stuff other NORMAL adolescents say these days.
How am I supposed to deal with this? Input on this would be greatly valued.