Do your loved ones ever hold you back somehow?

Sigh... Yes. It's frustrating and dysfunctional. I've just realized lately that the critical voice always in my mind has a lot to do with my dad's critical voice echoing throughout my life. It's not his fault for being the way he is; his parents passed down the dysfunction. But it does make it hard to be around him and to respect him, when I am not respected. He's unconsciously possessive, manipulative, and controlling--even moreso now that I "fight back," though I normally have to "give up" to save my own soul and mental well-being. I don't like the way my dad treats me. It's hard, because he and I are our only support (familial and otherwise) within a thousand miles. It's tough, man. A lot of pressure.

[c=#800055]they try[/c]

Tell them I can get my own drink

Not really. The only thing my mom told me was not to pursue nursing when I contemplated it in high school because she was a nurse, & she told me how hard it was.

Not actively. There are things that happened with them in my past that make me doubt myself though.

Yes they always complain whenever I say I want to live overseas.

Oh yes yes. How do yours?