Is is normal that i want to block out my feelings?

When I was younger, I seemed like a smart and good kid. My parents praised me they would just say "good". I became afraid to let them down because I didn't know any better. I didn't know what it was like to clearly express my self. I felt like a puppy just being told what to do and be expected to do it well every single time. When I got to middle school, I decided to let go. You could say I was in the beginning of my "rebellious stage". I just wanted to let go and take a breath of fresh air. My parents were not pleased with my grades. I know education is an enormous part of my life but, could you blame me? All I wanted was to let go for once.
They yelled at me until I cried. I was told "I never wanted you anyway". They would tell me to stop crying and crying didn't help. When I tried to remain emotionless, they would say "don't look at me with that face" when it was just my normal expression. I just stopped caring about it til this day. I just want to curl up into a ball and try to block it all out and don't let them know that their words hurt. I wasn't their "perfect" little girl no more. I'm just a normal girl who loves books and games with terrible memory. Thank you for reading this.

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Based on 35 votes (27 yes)
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  • Your parents are terriable people. Dont be who they expect you to be, just be yourself. Were all individuals. Blocking out emotions is the worst way to deal with emotions, let them out to avoid problems later down the road like emotionally exploding and its very bad for your health. You should work on saving money to get out of there.

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  • I agree that your parents sound horrible.
    I'm not even sure anymore if I block my feelings or not. When I do feel something it's short lived and I forget what it was like right away.
    When I do feel something bad I don't know how to deal with it so I just ignore it. I do not like emotions.

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  • Jayy

    "they would say "don't look at me with that face" when it was just my normal expression."

    That's.. That's reminding me of butters from South Park.

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  • UDontKnowMeAndIDontKnowYou

    Thank you for leaving these comments. I feel better after reading these. :)

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  • Hey OP if you need someone to talk to let me know.

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  • norbat

    Everyone wants to stop feeling at some point in their life, but going through rough moments makes the good ones a thousand times better. I'm only a 17 year old guy so I'm in no position to say this, but I'm positive one day you will find someone who will overwhelm you with love and it will become basically impossible for you to block out your emotions

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