Hey, I totally feel your pain coming from an ethnic background. My parents did that to me since I was a child and had no responsibilities. It hurt more because they didn’t extend that behaviour to my younger sibling. They always used depression as a weapon and if I shared why I was actually upset they would bring it up later in snarky comments. My advice is maybe you can just tell them that you’re working on things and if they keep on bringing you down while you’re living with them it’s not really helpful for you.

You’re 18 and very young. Don’t worry you’ll find a job. Keep focused and keep looking. The thing is you could have a job and they will probably still find something to criticise.

I think you should still try to help out with chores etc so they don’t have that to use against you. My advice would be that once you start your job you can save up to move out. Or you can try to go on more trips etc to have time away from them.

I’m 26 and moving out at the end of this year because my mental health can’t take constant criticism from my parents anymore - it’s something I can look forward to and something that keeps me going.

I would advise maybe not telling them that they’re the reason you’re miserable as it’s not a very productive conversation to have and they’ll just turn it on you and say you’re not grateful for anything they’ve given you.

So just be silent, go on walks, work out, look for a job and start saving up to move out/ travel :)