ESH. I’m sorry your parents forced gymnastics on you, but you went about quitting the wrong way.

It’s not the gym’s fault you’re so upset and it was incredibly disrespectful to the people there who’ve only tried to help you achieve something. Especially since your issue is clearly with your parents and not your gym teachers. Think about it, do you really want to treat people that way? Taking your anger out on innocent people like that? You owe them an apology.

I also wonder if you’ll go on to regret destroying your stuff like that. Even though you achieved all of that because your parents forced it on, they’re still very much your accomplishments. And someday, after dealing with the negative aspects, you might wish you had some of those medals and things as mementos of what you’d spent 13 years working on.

I don’t feel I can assess what’s going on with your parents in this situation, so I can only assume you haven’t properly been able to communicate your desire to quit with them. Thats super frustrating and I get why you snapped – but I hope you’re able to see that an outburst like that does very little to solve problems. It sounds like your parents need to open their eyes and really listen to what you’re saying and how you feel and if in fact your mom is living vicariously through you, she’s way out of line.

As others have recommended, it sounds like you guys really need to look into therapy. As a family, and as individuals – especially you and your mother. Big hugs and hoping you’re all able to resolve this and do the right things for each other. Give us updates if you can.