Signs of Overly-Critical Parents and How to Handle Them

They are Controlling

Abusively critical parents need to feel in control all the time. They want to have the upper hand. They take you on guilt trips with their criticisms and make you feel less than worthy. As you can imagine, remarks like this create unreasonable guilt and insecurities. Since your parents are overly critical, they don’t believe that you are capable of making good decisions on your own. Hence the need to control your every move.