@thepottymouthguru: One of the biggest misconceptions about the Golden Child is that they had it easy. Many didn't. They were just carrying a different burden. When a child becomes identified as: 👉 the smart one 👉 the successful one 👉 the responsible one 👉 the gifted one it can become very difficult to separate who they are from what they do. Success becomes expected. Competence becomes expected. Being okay becomes expected. And eventually they stop feeling safe to struggle. A lot of Golden Children become adults who are terrified of being ordinary. Not because they think they're better than everyone else. Because somewhere along the way they learned that love, attention, approval, or belonging felt tied to maintaining an image. The pressure isn't always to be perfect. The pressure is to never let anyone see the parts that aren't. ❤️🤟🏻🌿 #unfuckyourself #thepottymouthguru #childhoodtrauma #familyroles #relationaltrauma
The Golden Child often grows into the adult who gets praised for how well they're doing while privately struggling with how much pressure it takes to keep doing it. ❤️
2026-06-18 00:11:47
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Katrina Rice :
I am the golden sheep in my family
2026-06-18 12:04:21
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☆▪︎ Bec ▪︎☆ :
I was both the golden child and the scapegoat. It was incredibly confusing.
2026-06-18 08:34:57
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Monia Lapensee 🇨🇦 :
My 35 yo son was like this. Without realizing it, this is the heavy burden that our gifted children carry. It has caused my now adult child, to have so many mental health challenges. Anxiety, debilitating depression, intense bouts of anger, not being able to keep jobs.
2026-06-18 09:16:21
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christina :
baby in my family is the golden child
2026-06-18 18:41:11
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Amélie Clément 🇨🇦🫎🦫 :
This 🥺
2026-06-18 10:42:40
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MalfunctioningGoth🖤 :
my oldest bro
2026-06-18 23:52:07
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Eddie hybrid :
there is a secret friendship between the scapegoat (me blahhh 🐐) and the golden child or as we move into adulthood the Apple polishers at work. Lots of over functioning, jaw tension, and difficulty connecting with the core.
2026-06-18 07:26:08
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LearnSomethingNewEveryday :
Roles can switch up to
2026-06-18 00:57:24
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bipitibopiti boo :
Oh no. They were abused just as much. Just differently.
2026-06-19 16:19:26
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Stella✨✨ :
My older brother died at the age of 9 years old and my sister was the blacksheep of the family and I was the youngest by 7year. so all hope and expectations were on me even if not meant to. So I was supposed to be the bigger person,to be calm, kind, religious,smart and educatedad, get good grades pray, don't bring trouble, don't misbehave, to be the easy chikd, to be everything like my dead brother and nothing like my sister. and evey time I'm told that one time I'm gonna be successful so I need to be one. and even though I struggle greatly it feels no matter what I do I will never be enough
2026-06-19 00:38:04
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Eri on 4/25th of an acre :
I was my mother’s golden child even after age 6 when she lost custody of me and my siblings. (she never got us back) but with my grandparents I was the lost child. It was/still is a mind fuck.
2026-06-22 19:11:51
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Reign Kaur :
my parents picked one child each to be their favourite, so we will literally divide and conquer when discussions need to be had
2026-06-18 13:47:18
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RayRay 🧿🏛️ :
I was born the golden child and then became the scapegoat/ black sheep when I started noticing the dysfunction. Now my brother is the golden child and I live across the country.
2026-06-23 22:09:18
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