@crookedcigarette: Being the “mature kid” isn’t always a compliment… sometimes it’s a sign that you were carrying the emotional responsibilities that no child should ever have to carry! #HealingJourney #parentification #childhoodtrauma #MentalHealth #peoplepleasing

memawswig69 :

Had to start raising my siblings at the ripe age of 3 🥺

flowersbythesecretgarden :

In middle school we had this peer counseling group to apply for and my essay was about my experience counseling my parents marriage made me super qualified for the job 😅😅😅😅 looking back those counselors were like nah girl you’ve done/ you’re doing your time smdh

Segolilia🫶💖 :

This was me. I had to decide to divorce my dad at 11 bc my mom asked what to do 😭

Kristenrenfrow :

Man same

thejessnanigans :

My biggest realization of my nervous system being out of whack was realizing how much I was apologizing for existing 🎯

Becca Carlisle :

I shouldn’t have had to be an adult at 9 years old. Nobody should.

♡ᶜᵘᵗᵉ♪ KΛLƐ ◕‿◕ :

I had to become the mom in second grade it was awful 😭

Ellie, :

Me at 7 when my mom started popping out more kids she should have never had. Whole time I was AUTISTIC 🤣

💫✨🇷🇴Arya Astrid✨💫🇷🇴 :

Wow this hits home

darthmemewalker :

yup, this happened to me and my sister, we were made to raise our younger brothers

chy :

I’m the oldest child and I was raised by my father single handed. My father was never emotionally stable. I had to grow up and learn by myself through middle and high school. I was supposed to be the responsible one and I just wanted to be heard and never had that.

Mistysauruswrecks :

I had to call into work for my mom when I was 10+

ang :

that is so true. been there

caseyelizad :

my parents had a volatile marriage. I was the mediator & it started at 10-11 yr old too.

🩵 AmyLiz & HazelMae 💙 :

I was 8 taking care of my single mother with a mental illness. I was also taking care of my baby brother.

Tacos&Trauma :

No hate this time! 👏👏👏

Dissymmetric :

George Eklund :

I was younger 7-8 when I became their emotional regulater of the family yet now I am rising up from being the scapegoat pice or trash bad child for no reason except that I finally had enough of their shit¡!

Miguel Bloodwick :

Stressing if my caretaker was paying the bills or not, regulating the adults' emotions while ignoring mine, then when I had an outburst no one could figure out why I a wreck. I resent them.

Ar1e5 :

💯

Mushroom luvs :

My parents did this to my sister and I always felt useless when it came to it because I was constantly being fed or taken care of or even driven to the hospital by my own sister now she’s been in a different state for a few years and I still cherish her @Mae Bunny 🐰 even though you had to act like a mother I still love you more than anything can say and I miss you get your butt back down to home soon please

Shana Weaver :

❤️❤️❤️

annainprogress :

💯😢