How to deal with high expectations from your parents, family, or friends

Описание: How to deal with high expectations from your parents, family, or friends. Here is the full email text from Sumad: "My parents and my older sister both have really high expectations for me. They want [me] to be the super smart kid that sits and studies all day, gets the highest test scores and grades, is super religious, and listens to everything they say. Now, as much as I try to live up to their expectations, I don’t just want to be a kid with no life that is like a slave. I love playing volleyball, I like learning about and running business, I like doing things outside of what school offers. Now, last year was my freshman year of high school and I got my first set of B grades and my parents and sister basically dropped all respect for me and treat me like s***. They are always constantly talking bad about me and saying how I’m not focused and wasting time doing other activities. My sister is that one Indian kid who gets a 4.0 and does SAT every day and overall is just a grade/scores person. Now, some of the classes I do are hard but I don’t want to drop them because my sister did them and she got As in all of them. I know with enough time and dedication I can do the work. It’s just that I don’t have anyone in my corner cheering me on, whether it’s my family, friends, or coaches. I feel like everyone just wants me to do the best in their own respect. And I feel like there is no point in life right now because I don’t have much free time and I feel like the dumb*** amongst my friends. What can I do?"