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Did you feel like you were the adult in your home — even as a child?

• Were you the one calming your mother’s emotions?

• Did you take care of younger siblings like a parent would?

• Were you expected to behave “maturely” when you were still learning how to be a child?
  
  

If yes, you may have been parentified — a silent, invisible trauma that’s rarely talked about, especially in Indian households.

What Is Parentification?

Parentification happens when a child is forced into the emotional or physical role of a caregiver.

This can look like:

• Being the emotional support system for a parent

• Taking on adult responsibilities too early

• Suppressing your own feelings to “not create trouble”

• Always being the ‘mature one’ — even in pain
  
  

Over time, it teaches you that love must be earned by caretaking, that your needs come last, and that peace depends on your performance.

How It Shows Up in Adulthood

Many adult women come to therapy saying:

“I feel responsible for everyone’s emotions.”
“I can't say no without guilt.”
“I burn out easily but don’t know how to stop.”
“I crave care but don’t know how to receive it.”

These are classic signs of early parentification — a pattern that leads to:

• Chronic people-pleasing

• Burnout and emotional fatigue

• Difficulty asking for help

• Anxiety around rest or stillness

• A constant need to “hold things together”
  
  

How Therapy Can Help

Healing from parentification begins with one core truth:
👉 You were a child. You deserved care, not responsibility.

At Adults’ Lullaby, we help you:

🌸 Reconnect with your inner child
🌸 Identify and unlearn deep-rooted survival patterns
🌸 Reclaim your right to rest, receive, and be emotionally held
🌸 Experience therapy in your preferred language — including therapy in Bengali
🌸 Access soft, women-centric support — both online therapy Kolkata and in-person counselling at Kolkata

You Deserve to Be Soft Again

You don’t have to be the strong one all the time.
You don’t have to carry it all anymore.
You don’t have to earn rest, love, or peace.

We offer a space where you can let go — slowly, safely.

Reach out today to begin your journey back to yourself.
Because even grown women deserve the childhood they never got.

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