What To Do When Your Parents Are Over Protective?

Are your parents overprotective? This one is for you. Let's talk about the two parts of parent psychology to help you better understand where your parents are coming from.

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[shuhduvugup]

My parents’ “cliff” isn’t drugs or smoking... they’re scared that I’ll literally get murdered if i’m at the mall

[badthebad]

overprotective parents really be like, “why aren’t you more social?” but then deprive you of any chance of hanging out with your friends 😭

[toasterbath]

the fact that im watching this video is just sad

[bufferingjeonjungook]

I'm 15 and my mom doesn't let me go outside with my friends, even I can't go to school trips without my mother... I ALWAYS TELL HER I WILL BE FINE BUT SHE DOESNT LET ME... DEPRESSION IS REAL

Edit: so I turned 16 and now my mom lets me go outside!!!

[purplemina]

I'm literally tired of this situation

[user]

This comment section literally feels like a safe space for me with people who understand me

[pokeekee]

my mom treats me like i’m on stage one but expects me to be stage 3

[howoriginal]

I really can't wait to move out and get some peace of mind.

[layla]

Your graph allowed me to see how the more overprotective my parents are the more I fall into this place of low-self esteem and depression as a result of not being able to do anything by myself, this in turn leads to my parents being more protective as they think I have a lower maturity because I'm taking less initiative due to the lack of motivation, and the visious cycle continues.

[manasajayasri]

Wow wow wow wow, wow.
Scrolling down these comments section is making me feel so good. (I'm not a psychopath). It's just that, there are so many people out there who have same scenarios like mine. Thank you guys. I feel less weird

[Sophia-ksyu]

I had the kind of parents that weren’t controlling because they were worried I was mature enough to handle my own life, they were controlling because it was their personal therapy

[goblinslayer]

I live in a heaven prison.
I have everything but I can't do everything.

[pia]

I’m 16 and through my whole life, I’m getting treated still on stage 1. 🤔

[charlydatduclai]

I really hate it when overprotective parents say this "I know what is best for you!" even though in fact they do not, and then they try to force their values on us. When we do whatever we love doing, they always call or check up on us. We do what is in our best interests as we follow our own dreams and not to live their dreams as they want us to. We children are not their property, we are also our own human beings with different interests and different dreams.

[andrewhaah]

I don't wanna sound like a "villain" but it is nice to know everyone is in the same situation!

[xoaslisax]

She said I can’t protect myself ...welp I sneak out with my friend to many places in party day all the time 🔥😐 and I’m perfectly fine but she’s just like ...THEY’RE GONNA KIDNAP YOU IN A SECOND AND YOU CANT PROTECT YOUSELF

[dominiquehackney]

I’m 16, I get straight A’s every year, I never get in trouble and when I ask my parents to go somewhere I never lied to them. Yet I still can’t do somethings regular teenagers do🤦🏽‍♀️. I feel suffocated and I really don’t want to grow up to resent my parents because I can’t do things my friends are doing...Yo girl needs HELP. I can’t wait till I go to college🏃🏾‍♀️💨✌🏾

[infernaldoge]

My parents are so over protective
She gets mad at me for going outside with my friends
She gets mad at me when im inside playing too much
i just hate this.

[icecream]

my parents are from the middle east, we came to canada when i was 8 now im 23. they still treat me like a child and im not even allowed to go out late. for them 6pm is late ... i really dont know what to do with them and it affects me in every way, im not confident bcuz of them and it shows when i have an interview for example. I think they will never change, my plan is to save as much money as i can and vanish.

oh and im a girl which make things harder

[bigpapigay]

I’m 15 and literally have wanted to run away from my earliest memories. I want to die. Actually. I’ve thought of just jumping out the moving car. If I survive, I’ll run off; if I die, GREAT 👍
I actually was decently popular once but due to not being able to go into my own backyard even, kids stopped talking to me. It hurts. I’m not aloud to get a job or breath honestly. I have to hide ANYTHING I do or I get violently screamed at or I have things like remotes thrown at me. If they break he gets madder and it’s my fault it broke. I’m quite liberal, but “I’m a minor and can’t develop opinions yet” or I get the same reaction. But also, because I’m a girl. I’m disgusting. My mother is a. Schizophrenic drunk so I would get beat constantly. Moved with my dad when I was 12 because court orders and now still abuse. My sister (35) and her daughter are the only reason I’m not dead or missing. But she is the favorite and never had a problem with my dad growing up so she doesn’t _really_ do anything for me when I tell her except dig me a deeper hole by telling him what I told her. Like I said before, I can’t have an opinion so this doesn’t settle well with him.
It’s gotten to the point where im tempted to move back with my mother. At least I had a plate of freedom with my side of extreme mental, emotional, and physical abuse. But, again, I don’t want to leave my sister as my mother lives 1-2 hours away in a different state. Moral of the story. *I. Want. To. Die.*

If you read this far your cherished to me and I thank you for listening when no one else does. I hope you have a blessed day.
~ thank you