 take a break?
I have actually locked out my mother from my life for about a year because of a quite similar problem. I know it is passive aggression and does not essentially solve anything. But it worked for me! I got away from a very depressing influence (you cant do anything right! you are not what I expected you to be at all!), I cured my mild depression that had lasted for a decade and got to be generally a better and happier person!
And then one day I called her and asked how she was and we went to have dinner and miraculously it worked out fine and has been ever since.
What I want to say is - perhaps you need to step away from the problem to solve it either by changing yourself or at least your perception about it.
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