/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>At con the summer before I left for college
>Mother is super OCD and controlling
>Having a good time for the first time in a while because I am hours away from home
>Phone rings, it's my dad
>Answer it
>Screaming at me about breaking the house computer.
>Ask him wtf he is talking about
>Freaking out because the computer isn't working. Screaming at me for being a brat. I hang up.
>Get a call from my mom. She starts screaming at me about the computer. Demands that I drop everything and come home right away and fix our piece of shit PC that is like 10 years old.
>Stand there and get berated by my mom at a photoshoot with my friend, I'm mortified.
>Excuse myself from the group since I'm about to cry in embarassment.
>Parents keep calling and yelling at me, can't enjoy anything because they keep guilting me. Finally turn off phone, I'll deal with the reprecussions when I get home.
>Entire day is ruined, try not to let it ruin my second day at the con.
>Whatever self confidence I managed to build up pre-con is now ruined(I'm very shy).
>Can't work up the courage to go to meetups or talk to anybody.
>Friend eventually ditches me to go do his own thing, I tag along with some other acquantences since idk what else to do.
>Misreable the entire con and lonely.
>Get home and get screamed at, have an anxiety attack.
>I look at the computer. My dad went on a bunch of unprotected gambling sites and downloaded a shitton of viruses and malware. Spend a few days when I'm not working cleaning the computer up and fixing things. Install a child lock on internet browsing to ban porn and gambling websites.
>Not even 20 minutes later I have to leave the house because dad loses his shit at me.

That had to be the shittiest weekend I've ever experienced, mainly because I kept blaming myself for being too much of a coward to talk to anybody. I guess I have pretty bad self esteem issues from my parents idk... After those phonecalls I was too mortified to even make conversation with anyone.