Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

When Life Hurts

Your parents acted out while you were the one paying the emotional bills.

You got blamed, ignored, or used as the family therapist.

Now, as an adult, you second-guess yourself constantly, feel responsible for everyone else’s moods, and carry shame that was never yours.

Holidays and phone calls still leave you twisted up.

You start realizing: Oh wait, it actually wasn’t me.

You set boundaries without drowning in a week of guilt — it feels so damn freeing.

You see your parents’ behavior for what it is — their mess, not your identity.

Instead of feeling like the permanent scapegoat, you start living your own life without dragging their baggage everywhere.

I grew up with emotionally immature parents too — alcoholic, codependent, checked-out.

I know exactly how disorienting it is to be told you’re the problem when your gut says otherwise.

That’s why I won’t sugarcoat or judge you.

With me, you’ll get practical tools, space to vent, and the relief of working with someone who’s lived it and knows you’re not crazy.

→ Adults who grew up being the “problem child” or scapegoat

→ People who feel guilty setting boundaries with parents

→ Cycle-breakers who don’t want to repeat the dysfunction

→ Anyone who wants to stop carrying childhood shame into adulthood