human
My family are real jerks-nothing is ever good enough for them and they always say the most negative comments despite the fact that I always go out of my way to please them! They even ruined my wedding day by saying that my hair looked like a "rat's nest" after seeing me walking out of a luxury hair salon with a gorgeous wedding style! I just want to cut them off for good because nothing else has worked!
assistant
~--We are here to help, although perhaps not this time; they are likely to be resistant to any suggestion you might make to change their behavior. However, I can offer a few perspectives that might be helpful to you. One is that there is no particular reason to believe that the way that your family treats you is any more true or important than any other information that you find to be either false or misleading. Indeed, I would advise that you not fall prey"&c to any kind of emotional manipulation or distress; it is something you can use as a counterpoint, reminding yourself that the things you are being told are "just words" in the end.