Is it unreasonable to not love your mother?

For years my relationship with my parents (mostly my mom) are strained. My dad isn't even around, so I'm not going to bother talking about him.
My main issue with my mother is that I don't have much of a reason to love her. I know it sounds crazy, but let me explain first.

In order for me to care about someone it should be based on unconditional love. Sounds reasonable, right?
The person should have a quality that I appreciate in them, which is why I interact with them in the first place. It isn't like that with my mom at all.

Any time she talks to me she is telling me to do something or questioning what I am doing "why weren't you up earlier [on a Saturday]?", "why aren't you eating BEFORE you shower?", "do your homework-get out here and interact with [insert guest here]!"
I am not exaggerating; every single conversation goes like this, or the basic "hello" and "good morning."
There isn't anything to talk about either; she has very basic and inoffensive opinions which make for dull conversations (if I even bother to talk to her.) She never seems passionate about anything but getting me to do the dishes.

I don't feel like she respects me either, not that I would expect ANY parent to respect their child. It is standard for them to treat their child like a dumb teen, so there isn't much to say here.

The real kicker is that she has the one quality I could never accept in a person. She can be stubborn, she can be rude, she can be as loud as she wants, but I can NEVER accept her for this quality.
She always started the argument with "I never did anything wrong! You could never have a reason to be mad at me!"
Whenever she talks with my therapist she says "I am so proud of [__] and am glad that the medication is working for them, but..." then she goes on a tangent about how I don't listen to her. As if my anxiety medication was for YOU to have the daughter you always wanted. I explained to her that this medication has NOTHING to do with her; it is because of school, but she still brings it up! As if it wasn't obvious.

She would always complain about what I did wrong, and only AFTER I pointed that out would she say "I'm so proud of you." She only says it because I asked her to, not because she felt like it.
Even after I stay in G and T and the Honor Roll, be a part of AP classes, college classes and NHS, even after NEVER doing drugs, having sex, failing a class, associating with the wrong people, staying out late or even DATING, I'm still not good enough.

I've tried telling her that I'm introverted, that I have anxiety, that I like peace and quiet, she doesn't listen. She says she wants to understand, but I've never seen her ask me about it EVER.
"What makes being alone so peaceful to you?"
"Why do you like doing this over this?"
"Should I leave you alone for now? When is a good time for us to do something together?"
"Is it okay if we go out today?"
At least a moments notice before you drag me outside.

And yes, I am aware that my actions haven't helped the situation, but

I've tried using words to tell her I'm not comfortable with certain things. I've told her to her face that she doesn't seem to see things from my perspective, and that she just sees me as a disobedient teen and nothing more. (I don't think she believes I have anxiety and depression, even though I've been diagnosed after five years of therapy.) I feel like she wants me to be as one-dimensional as she is and see everything as one-dimensional the way she does.

Am I being unreasonable?

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  • sissycakes

    You are being unreasonable. She loves you. Love her.

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    • That isn't how love works. If I could control it it wouldn't be love.

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  • MamaKy

    I never loved my mother either. My mother is stubborn, Rude and inappropriate.
    My mom usually harassed me and teased me. If there was a boy I liked, She would insult him saying "do you really like him, He is so ugly" Then she would tease me by saying that retarded kids were my boyfriends. She would grab my ass in public even though I would constantly tell her to stop. If I didn't do anything she wanted she would try to guilt trip me.. she would also constantly smoke then tell me to get her beers and Call me her "beer maid"
    My mom accuses me of being friends with the wrong people..
    When I was younger she forced me to swear even though I knew it was wrong, got whipped cream and sprayed it on my little cousin and sister's face then she told them "You never want to waste so when it gets all over your face, you wanna take a finger and lick it off..." and it obviously hinted to dirtier things and Around the age of fourteen... She took me into the kitchen, She poured me a shot of vodka, Took me out in front of almost drunk adults and got them to chant for me to drink it...

    I just hate my mom because I know she is a bad mom...

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  • SammyStarts

    Your mom has serious issues. I can relate with parent who don't friggen listen.

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  • rayb12

    Not too long at all. I am a boy but can relate to most of what you're saying. For me the strategy has been simply to put her in a different place in my mind. I think like she is a toddler or has a severe mental disorder, anything so that the way she acts doesn't anger me as best I can. I then also try to not act so that I please her, just decide what I think is right and allow myself to make her upset, when I know that I am only acting this way because it is OK, not because I'm going out of my way to hurt her. I also am much older now and this was too hard to have this perspective when I still lived there as a teen. To be totally honest the reason I keep her in my life is I feel its unattractive to women if a man can't get along with his mom. As a girl I don't think it matters. I'm sorry if I'm overstepping, I certainly am, but from reading this, OK maybe I shouldn't say this, but do your meds help? From reading this you don't strike me as a person with a chemical imbalance that meds treat. And it sounds like your situation would cause anyone anxiety or depression. But could be totally wrong I don't mean to undervalue your feelings you just sound like you're suffering but not unhealthy.
    My advice would be to have sex, date, do whatever your heart wants, of course don't do these things if you don't want. You deserve a better mom. I feel a lot like I don't get to complain since others have it way worse in so many ways. But that is actually unrelated. You deserve more love than you are getting. I hope that you get that soon. Don't judge yourself in general and for these feelings about your mom. People say you have to love her but that is not the place you are at now. I am sure you will fund yourself surrounded by people encouraging you soon.

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  • McBean

    TL;DR.

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      • Kevinevan

        Ok I agree it was way too long. I read 3/4's of it because i was interested in the premise and I feel the same way. The thing is, if you ever got to a point, I stopped reading before you made it.

        Try to to be more precise. Interesting topic, but way too fucking long.

        Perhaps talk to your shrink about what tracking is.

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