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?
Is it normal to get angry when someone compliments you
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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?