What happens when an adults grow up in dysfunctional families of origin?
In this video, Todd Creager addresses what happens when a child has to take care of a parent. When this happens in childhood, you end up believing your role is to make other people happy and when you carry that into adulthood you end up focusing on the happiness of others rather than your personal happiness.
Watch the video where Todd share the effects of this type of a childhood has on adults who grew up in dysfunctional families of origin.
He shares that it is possible to heal from the effects of dysfunctional families by literally changing our brain through healthy relationships, good therapy, and challenging of old ways of thinking.