Is it normal to get angry when someone compliments you

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Especially when it's from my parents that think that I am so smart that they think i can work 40 hours per week at a grocery store while taking really hard courses in college such as chemistry and C++, which is basically an information technology course, all because they think that i am smart, like really I do not care if I am smart anymore I just want to be happy and have a life and I am soooo tired of people labeling as smart and living up to other people's expectations. Is this normal?

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Based on 20 votes (8 yes)
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  • charli.m
    7 years ago

    That doesn't sound like anger at compliments, but anger at your inability to escape pressure to please others which makes you feel like you have no freedom.

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  • RoseIsabella
    7 years ago

    What you're describing sounds more like your parents putting unreasonable demands on you than being complementary. It's like the so called compliment is an excuse for their overly demanding attitude. Their emphasis on how smart you are or how smart they think you are enables their denial about how demanding or overly demanding your course load and work schedule are together.

    I dunno, maybe money is tight in your family of origin?

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  • sourgrapes
    7 years ago

    No its not bloody well normal...

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  • pantychaffe
    7 years ago

    C++?/shits old learn AIXML (artificial intelligence extensible mark up language) Google Alice and you will see why this is relevant

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    • Mhg8792
      7 years ago

      I know right? I don't even know why they want me to learn this dead computer language anyways

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  • Mhg8792
    7 years ago

    Normally compliments leads to that type of pressure tho

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