As an adult, Sophie overextends herself and then feels secretly resentful. She struggles to set boundaries and gets all her feeling of value from being nurturing and helpful. She was a parentified child—fulfilling part of the parent role from an early age. Sophie grew up to be a hyperindependent adult: she feels like she has to do everything on her own and struggles to ask for help. She’s the therapist-friend, the person everyone goes to with their problems, but she feels like her problems and emotions are burdens.
