Sigh, how can i gain confidence in doing something when i know i will be scolded/criticized like a dog IF i fail that particular task?

"Your attitude, can't you show me some confidence in yourself?"

That's my dad, complaining about my attitude. I tried, but i ended up falling several times and what i received was not encouragement, instead i received scolding. Thinking about the consequences if u fail certain particular tasks, would someone have the confidence to do that something? personally, i have no faith in myself if i was asked to complete something requested by MY DAD.

My friends, most of them know me as a person with high confidence in himself & always have faith in himself. But i am not like that in front of my parents, they just think that i can never achieve, can never succeed, even tho i succeeded in doing something, what i got was just "This is nothing, nothing to be proud of'." Yup, that's what i will get when i succeeded in something. No words of praising at all. On the other hand, if u fail, there will be never-ending scoldings, and as i said NO words of encouragement AT ALL. To be precise, NONE AT ALL. And when u achieved the target they set, they can never be satisfied, they will be expecting MORE even if i had reached the target or go beyond the target. Let's say they set a target of 80 marks in exams, and i got 85 for it, they would say "you should g et higher, not this kind of marks."

How disappointing..........

All these years, i grow up, without receiving any praises and encouragements from my parents, even tho i am use to what it is now, but sometimes, i really need someone to encourage me and give me some praising on my hard work. These words really help you know. They really boost your self-esteem. But, i just simply cannot get a simple sentence of those useful words from my parents.

That kind of feeling, it's like when a little boy falls down, and he only gets teasing and laughing from another being instead of a helping hand. Sigh, why? Why do i have to face all these? I pray, i sincerely hope that i will hear some encouraging words from them personally, simple sentences like "it's okay, just work harder!" & " Don't give up.". And compliments like " Well done!" I would definitely feel very happy if i hear those. even though these are simple words, but nobody knows how much they mean to me. I just cannot get it.

A simple 3 lettered word " WOW" will do. Dare not hope for more.

The higher i hope, the deeper i fall.

A simple word makes all the difference, will that happen? *questions