I love my dad very much, but he goes about the wrong way in helping me w/my self esteem (he know I have a low self esteem). He is the no nonsense type of person, which sometimes can get out of control. His lectures consist of several hours in tearing me down in absolutely everything, then he wonders I loath myself. Then he says that I'm upset because I don't want criticism, when overall I criticize myself the worst. Some things he says go very deep and I have lasting scars that I feel every day. I feel like nothing is ever good for him and he expects certain things. He's kind of close minded to a lot of things, I love animals always have, always will (real breathing ones). He would always tell me that animals were baby stuff and I had outgrown them, like as though I was going through a phase. That to me was devastating as that is one of my passions and seemingly the only thing I'm good at. I try a ton of things to find my niche in life and my dad never seems pleased. This is so painful to deal w/and my dad won't listen if I tell him anything. I love him, but I can't stand my self hatred. Instead of trying to get me to be the best person I can be I'm always told that I will end up like person A (obese) or just other people with problems in general. How do I move on?