If you were a parentified child, you might still carry the weight of responsibility that was never yours to hold. You may find it hard to rest.Hard to ask for help.Hard to believe you’re worthy just as you are, without …
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Why a Child Takes on the Role of a Parent
Some children grow up in homes where there isn’t enough care to go around. So they step in. They become the organiser, the emotional support, the caretaker. Not because they should. But because the system needs someone to hold it …
Parentification and IFS: Healing the Parts That Had to Grow Up Too Fast
When you’ve been parentified, you grow up fast. Your needs get buried. Your inner child gets quiet. And protector parts take over — keeping everything together, at a cost. In IFS, we see these protector parts clearly: They developed for …