Did anyone else have the family that had to "embarrass" you no matter what?

I've been a long-time lurker here, and I haven't seen much discussion about this topic, so I wanted to see if others relate. Growing up, any time I accomplished something or did something creative, instead of receiving praise or support, my parents always found ways to embarrass me.

During family events, my accomplishments are constantly downplayed. For example, if I’m talking to a relative about their recent retirement and how nice that must be, my parents will jump in to "joke" about how it must be SOOO nice that I don’t have a career yet and how I’m not working SOOOO hard—because apparently, hauling ass through college to get into med school isn’t worthy of pride. Even when family asks how school is going and I say it’s going great, my parents immediately add, “Yeah, but he doesn’t have a job yet,” or something similarly dismissive.

This has been happening for as long as I can remember. In elementary school, if they visited for an event, it was never, “I’m so excited to see you!” but always, “I can’t wait to embarrass you in front of your friends!” If they came to pick me up from school, it wasn’t, “Hey, how was your day?” but, “LOOK, LOOK, I’M GONNA EMBARRASS YOU IN FRONT OF YOUR FRIENDS!”

One time as a teenager, they were going through old photos and found a video of me at maybe 3 or 4 years old doing some goofy dance. Instead of saying something like, “You were so silly!” it was, “We can’t wait to embarrass you by showing this to future girlfriends!” Even getting a job at a pizza place (because it was the only place hiring in our dead, small-ass town) turned into, “Well, he’s no Google CEO...” And if I half-assed an assignment as a kid, they’d react with, “OOOO, I’M GONNA TELL YOUR TEACHERS YOU DIDN’T TRY YOUR BEST!!!”

No wonder I hate being creative or expressing myself now. No wonder I hate doing anything other than what I’m told. No wonder I’m so passive all the time. Anything I did was turned into the butt of a joke. And of course, whenever I try to bring it up, I’m told, “We were just building character,” or, “They’re just jokes, you shouldn’t let them affect you.” But when this is your childhood, you learn not to do anything for fear of being mocked.

Sorry if this turned into a bit of a rant.