
29yo/f here. I have a loving family that provided me good life, high education, a place to live by myself. They were always supportive and loving to me. 
The problem is, whenever I’m feeling down or have some internal struggles, they don’t seem to understand how I feel. They do not value my negative emotions, they keep saying how they did everything to make me have a good life, how I should be grateful and happy. I HAVE NO REASONS TO NOT BE HAPPY.

Im at the lowest point of my life emotion-wise. After an emotional trauma of my biggest breakup that happened 2 years ago I couldnt heal. I had been productive and focused on my career and friends, but now that Im approaching my 30th bday all alone, I became very self destructive and depressed (I have zero emotional reactons, it’s just blank). 

Whenever my parents call me to check up on me they expect me to say “How are you, I love you, Im good” and I always try to communicate that I have serious problems and that I just want to die and they dont seem to understand how serious I am. 

They try to cheer me up and laugh like idiots saying life is good. I feel they only call me to prove themselves they are good parents and their kids are OK and they do not want to hear the opposite.

How can I get them to understand me?