Dear Thelma: No time for self, no privacy and no life

Since I turned 13 and started secondary schooling, life has been always stressful.

The first thing my parents highlighted to me was "you need to study" and "academics always comes first". I know they are right. But maybe my parents went a little OTT (over the top). My parents have always expected high grades and I'm pretty sure everyone does, too. But, by OTT, I mean getting 100% and nothing less. And that has made me very stressed out.