Sorry, this is paywalled content.

This describes both of my #EggshellParents and my childhood, along with #alcoholism (dad) and #codependence (mom, me).

I barely made it out alive, and didn't escape its destructive effects until my #marriage blew up and brought everything I'd repressed to a roiling boil.

#AdultChildrenOfAlcoholicsAndDysfunctionalFamilies #ACA saved my life in 2012 https://adultchildren.org/

https://www.stylist.co.uk/relationships/family-friends/eggshell-parents/789578

https://apple.news/AE3NOPEQESbaK6M_ajthsiA