How have your parents unintentionally fucked you up?

My dad has always made comments about my weight (leading to a lot of self-confidence problems that I have now beaten!).

My mom would yell at me until she was red in the face, exclaiming I was SO SELFISH for cutting corners while cleaning the house... I was 8 years old, of course it didn't occur to me to dust under things that sat on surfaces or vacuum certain spaces. She would also scream/howl this any time I made a simple mistake. She always reminded me that I lived in HER HOUSE, not OUR house. That really lead me down a path of constantly questioning my motives throughout my life to the point of despondence. I still mentally lash myself; her words have been internalized.

Another thing my mom would say in an innocuous way: "I didn't really even realize I was having a second kid until you were out of me." That has always made me feel slightly unwanted.

My mom and dad are good people that mean well and love me, but god damn it if I don't have some bad memories.

/r/AskReddit Thread