I hate my family?

I hate my family.

This is long, but maybe it'll help people who are going through the same things and don't want to feel alone.

I guess people may vote both, but I'm really seeking advice here.

I'm a senior in high school, and I'll be in college in roughly three months.

I've had enough of my family. And no, it's not the typical teenage reasons like getting grounded or not being allowed to go to parties. I don't even go to parties because my dad would call me a slut.

I'm in an asian family and I guess you could say my parents hold very "asian" values (specifically my dad). My dad especially thinks that I have to do EVERYTHING he says (filial piety, I suppose). He doesn't recognize my merits-instead, he complains and questions why I'm not this or that. For god's sake, I'm going to an Ivy League university, I get good grades, I'm motivated, I have aspirations, and I never yell or talk back to him. He compares me to his friends' kids, even those who don't have the same merits as me. If one kid isn't intellectually as smart, he'll say that he or she is kinder than me. HE'S NEVER EVEN MET HIS COWORKERS' KIDS!? One of his friend's kids is at Stanford. So therefore I am not hardworking at all because there are people like that kid who are ahead of me. He also is complaining about my major in school when HE chose it. Now he wants me to transfer to another one which can not be guaranteed and that I hate even more than my current one. I want to go to med school but he wants me to be in finance and he won't support me. He tells me that if I fuck up because I didn't listen to his rules to not come back home because he won't open the door to help me. Since when was medical school a bad thing to aim for? He tells me he wishes I was mever born, I'm a waste of money (because asian kids are investments, right?), and that he wishes he had kids X, Y, and Z. He's also ALWAYS on my brother's side, who I will mention later.

My mom is annoying, but I don't necessarily hate her. She's always asking for pity and yells at me when I don't give her any, but I feel like that's most asian moms. She's very selfish, too, but she also does let me vent to her, which helps keep my sanity. But, she often yells at me for some of my thoughts, which makes me go to things like crying and/or reddit.

My brother is the big one. I wish he was dead. He makes me so incredibly miserable and depressed, but since I am still living at home, I can't cut him off. We are currently not talking to each other which is making my parents mad because it is awkward. Let me say that this is not my fault at all. Someone at my school spread a rumor about me, involving my brother and used photoshop to make fake "evidence." I get that the "evidence" can look real, but before this I thought it was clear that we both mutually hated this person. In fact, before this incident, my brother and I would talk quite frequently. Very frequently, actually. We seemed like best friends. I actually told him he was my best friend and he told me that he didn't love me and to get real friends and that I was a loner. I still shook that off, as insulting as that was, and I shook off a lot of other things that I shouldn't have. He (along with my dad) has made me more racist (which I am quickly shedding off. I realize that there are injustices between races but I learned not to hate the entire race for societal problems and perceptions-that's just unreasonable). He also is anti-feminist and publicly talks bad about the issues he has with feminism, which embarrasses me and makes me look bad. He thinks that women should pay for men in relationships 100% of the time and should all have Victoria's secret model physiques, otherwise they're fat and ugly. He says he won't settle for anything less than a blonde model. Okay then. He called me ugly every day (before we stopped talking) when, can I say, I know I'm a lot better looking than he is. He calls girls ugly and fat in school and gets mad because they get mad (who wouldn't be?). I am not for radical feminists, but I believe everyone should be equal and there is nothing wrong with fighting for women's rights. Lastly, he's extremely homophobic. We were walking through the village in nyc and he openly started talking shit about gays. What the fuck? What's wrong with loving who we love? But anyways, my dad believes that I didn't spread the rumor, but he's mad that I'm not talking to him. Don't I have a right to? I've been SO much happier not talking to him. He made me less confident and caused me to become very antisocial in school, and that has since reversed when I stopped talking to him. I was always super depressed and had suicidal thoughts, but not as often when he wasn't around. I've become less cynical and mean, which is a good thing.

Is it normal to hate my family? Does anyone have advice to help me with the awkwardness in the household between me and my brother? Has anyone cut off a family member and find relief from it?

Sorry this was so long, but I had to vent. I don't feel comfortable anywhere but hopefully that will change when I get to college.

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  • phil_2016

    Im not Asian, but, some of the things which have gone on in my family has left me living alone and although sometimes the loneliness is hard to bear, its far better than the alternatives.

    Me and my brother have long standing problems, Ive tried many times to talk to him, but, he displays nothing but hatred and has done for about 39 years, so, to my mind he is not worth bothering with any more, in fact ive virtually disowned him now, he has caused problems at every major family event I have attended over the years even at my own fathers and mothers funeral, I haven't spoken to him for five years now the last time being at my fathers funeral, basically some people just aren't worth the effort, he even tried to defraud me over my fathers will and when my mother died him and his partner tried to be aggressive, after I had looked after her while she was sick, basically he wanted to sell the house and that was all he was interested in, as he didn't even visit my mother for 20 years before she became ill. To say I have a lot of hatred for him now is quite possibly the understatement of the century and im so glad I don't have to communicate with him.

    With family like that you don't need enemies.

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  • Oh trust me, I can relate. I come from a very traditional Mexican family and I have completely different values than they do. They wanted me to get married and have like 8 babies and don't really want any of it. They too have had issues with topics like feminism, homosexuality, and just about any controversial subject. I'm much more liberal than they are (generation differences, I'm assuming) and we would clash a lot because of it.
    Anyway, there was a time when I absolutely hated them. I mean, I am nothing like them, so why would I like them? Then I realized the parts of them that I so love, was being clouded by all the hate. When I went off to college, us no longer living together made our meets much more civil and loving. We still have different views, but I have grown to appreciate the differences. Not like, but understand. I mean different views and beliefs are basically what make us human. Now, I always tell them when they are making me feel insulted and attacked. It's just to let them know that yes, we share different views, but there is no need to be an ass about it. They've even become less aggressive about their views against mine and have learned to actually listen.
    I'm not saying your family will ever change, but you can still try to change the way you feel about them. It doesn't have to be now, but you may come to realize that you don't want to hate them anymore, just don't want to be like them. Maybe you going off to college will give you guys the space you need. ;P
    Hope this helps. ;P

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  • AoNeko

    I can sympathize with you a lot here, and it is very normal. I think that being more intelligent than your peers and not being recognized for it in any way is something that really weighs on the mind.

    I also think a lot of it is a lack of respect that some people have. It's just rude to try to control someone.

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