Are You The Rescuer?

And there is this internal thought I have already been the parent to my mother, my father and perhaps even my siblings. I don't want to any more children. I have already been responsible for someone. So the consequences of being an over-responsible child are numerous. You might avoid long-term relationships or fear marriage because you are afraid you will Have to take responsibility for your parents' emotions. But healthy relationship is a partnership, not taking responsibility for someone else's feelings. We tend to swing to two extremes. Either we continue being overly responsible, saving and supporting everyone, or we become helpless, lost, stressed,