Having to walk on eggshells around your parent is frequently normalized in dysfunctional families,

Ajouté : 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]Just a reminder, it is not normal to have to walk on eggshells around one of your parents when you're growing up or as an adult. Just not normal. Definitely not healthy, but also not normal. Super toxic, super dysfunctional, and very, very oftentimes minimized in dysfunctional families. So, if you grew up having to try to anticipate your parents' emotions, regulate their emotions for them, take responsibility to make sure that your one parent was never upset, ever, which again is not healthy, and super impossible to do. I just want you to know that you are not alone, and if you feel like you are going a bit crazy dealing with your toxic family sometimes, I get it. Walking on eggshells around your parent is putting the responsibility for your parents' emotional regulation onto you. It is not only not normal, it not only does not happen in every family, but it is super toxic, super dysfunctional, and really, really, really inappropriate.