I Have Controlling Parents Stories of Experiences

My parents dont let me leave the house after 9pm. I am 20 years old and have good marks in college. This has led me to lose friends, because i turned down their invites only because i am not given permission (who wants to be friends...

I love my mom, but she says wierd stuff lately... She worries about finances when she has plenty of income, she even was able to buy a sporty car recently. She tries to control how and how often I can work since she is one of our...

At the age of 28, on the verge of finishing a Master's degree, you'd think that I'd have the world in the palm of my hands by now. Au contraire--I have been belittled, guilt tripped, manipulated, and controlled by my aging parents for...

Throughout my entire life my father has been controlling and for lack of a better word, mean. Rather than explain every time he has done something of the sort to me or my brothers, I'll tell you about an incident that occurred a week...

Yet another realization made. My parents are controlling. I've always knew they were but I didn't think it would affect me for some reason. I honestly didn't take much seriously back then. I was care and worry free, too much. Anyways...

It's like I'm not a independant human being. when I was small my parents would hit me. My mom never held me as a baby. All my mom ever did was scream at me, never talked like a normal human being, vindictive, very crazy, I suspect...

3 years ago, I was at a time of my life I lost my job and needed a place to stay. My father was willing to help but I didn't want to live with him as he caused allot of pain in my life. But I didn't have any options at the time as no...

WTF I've been off on my own for 3 years now!!! And now I'm home living with my parents they think that its like I'm in high school again!!!! I understand that they don't like my boyfriend but seriously I'm grounded because I didn't come...

I am sixteen going on seventeen, and I feel caged. I hate living at home and would leave if I could, but financially it is out of the question. My mother is a controlling and verbally abusing fascist. It's frustrating! Ever since I was...

I feel absolutley stuck, confused, angry, annoyed, and hurt by my parents controlling actions and could REALLY use some help or feedback of any kind.
There have been endless situations, but I will go with the most recent and try to make...

I am a 16, almost 17 year old, and I feel like my parents are about to tear me down.
They are extremely controlling...beyond what you would believe. To the point where they at one point had pulled me out of a public school so that they...

Hi. I’m 23 and my boyfriend is 22. We have been together for 4 months now. We go to the same college, and that’s where we met. He graduated in December and got his bachelor’s degree. We will still go to school together this...

I grew up in a single parent household.I never really had a normal childhood,as it seemed I was my mom's sounding board.Anytime,she had a problem I had to hear about it.When I reached my teenage years,the control started.I was never...

Most recently, being this semester school year, between September 5th to Dec 19th 2012, I have realized that my point-of-view has changed in a way that I never though possible. Way back, I used to think that I would be living with my...

I wish I didnt fight with my parents so much. We fight everyday now. I miss feeling close to them and now they just show affection to my sister. Im 19 years old and I feel like getting the cold shoulder from my dad is making my life...

How do you break away from controlling family without feeling guilty or lost ?

I am at my wits end and being shunned by my parents. I have a very domineering mother. If you disagree with her religion or opinions you are nothing. She came from a domineering mother herself and has never broken the cycle. I was as...

my mom is driving me up the m************ wall!!!! like so serious!! she's always fussing about SOMETHING its unnerving i can't wait to move next month

it's like she wants things perfect although she say she doesn't but actions speak...

(I posted this as a confession , but thought I would also share it here)
How in the world can I love my controlling parent? My mom and I were estranged for six months after a stunt she pulled where I just couldn't take it anymore. It...

My mom struggled her childhood through lost of father at 7. Her mother was emotional, alcoholic and abusive. My mother had to cook for her young brothers. She didn't know much about maternal love, that''s not her fault, I don't blame...