I understand this somewhat brother
I also had a lot of expectations placed on me from my parents, lots of “this is what you should be” type of comments.
I also had family members look down on me for a weed addiction, say I was lazy, laugh when I told them I was going to quit.
It hurts, even in adulthood.
I don’t have advice tbh, since I’m still struggling with this too.
But the first step is definitely awareness, and now that we are aware of the wounds we have, we can work on healing them.
I had a thought the other day that pain is a blessing, because it shows us where we are weak and wounded in our souls, and gives us the chance to heal that place inside us and fortify it so its strong. Once we heal and fortify and forgive and let go, we can’t be hurt again in the same spot.
Let’s do it together bro so they can’t hurt us anymore