Dude, it's a therapist who is going to help you out of this mess. That's what everyone here is trying to do, pretty much. I mean, we're not rocket scientists! My best advice would be to consider your audience. Ie your parents. You're not going to change them, I think you figured that out by now. I just tried to have as little interaction with mine as possible growing up. They just messed things up. Seriously. They didn't mind. They ignored me too.they couldn't deal.