49 - PARENTIFYING - DID YOUR PARENTS DEPEND ON YOU? DID YOU FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM?
How you been Parentified as a child? Did your parents depend on you? Did you feel responsible for them. Parentifying might be the cause of your childhood traumas. Parentification is when the roles in a family is reversed. The child starts to act like a caregiver to a parent or a sibling. There are many causes for this situation. One of the parents might be violent to the other one and the child feels the obligation to defend her/him. Or a sick parent can force a child to take care of them or start to work in a very young age to support the family. Toxic relationships often cause suffering to the children. As you know childhood traumas can follow us to our adulthood. Since parentification is not in the open like physical abuse it is more damaging. The role of the child slowly shifts to act as an adult. In some extreme case the child has to stop the parent from doing self harm like overdosing, or suicide. Or defending the siblings against physical violence. Immature parents can also force the children to grow up early emotionally and shift into a role to take care of themselves or their siblings. Even if you were a parentified child you can still heal from the Trauma. It is a long healing journey but healing from parentification is possible. And remember, Trauma equals Disconnect Healing equals Reconnect Please stay Connected Dr. Karol Darsa, Psy.D. (310) 713-9855 https://karoldarsa.com/ To purchase "The Trauma Map" Book https://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Map-Ste... If you need professional help, please feel free to contact us at Reconnect Integrative Trauma Treatment Center https://www.reconnectcenter.com/ (310) 903-8349 881 Alma Real Drive, Suite 311 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 / reconnectcenter / reconnectcenter / karoldarsareconnect / reconnect-integrative-trauma-treatment-center _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lonely Fish by Sascha Ende Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4655-lonely... License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: Retreat - Jason Farnham • Retreat – Jason Farnham (No Copyright... –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– #trauma #healing #therapy