S2 Ep167: The trap of parentification for the high achiever – How you can be successful in life while still hurting inside after this toxic family dynamic

Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers | Mother Wound Healing After Maternal Narcissism & Family Dysfunction · Oct 13, 2026 · 18m

If you have been parentified as a child you might still be hurting and you shouldn’t have to suffer today because of the toxic family dynamic in your past.

Parentification is a toxic family dynamic, common when dealing with narcissistic mothers or with emotionally immature mothers or parents, that puts too much responsibility on the child way too soon inevitably creating childhood trauma.

Often cause by childhood emotional neglect alongside immature parents who are unable to take responsibility, parentification is a clear sign of abuse resulting in trauma that is carried by the parentified…