Daily writing prompt

When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?

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My former therapist says that the parentification of a child can cause a person to grow up fast. This also means that the child could potentially skip adolescence. Then, when this person grows up, they start to go through adolescence for the first time later in life.

I think the first time I felt like an adult was when I was ten. My mother had a stroke and the left side of her body was paralyzed. I was in charge of ensuring the commode that was now in our living room was emptied when her at home caretaker was not there. I don’t remember easy times after that moment.

As an adult reliving adolescence, I think the most recent time I felt like an adult was when I got promoted to a role I am happy, fulfilled, and engaged in. This happened about six months ago. I think each time I have a moment where I am left alone to my devices, or asked to make a major decision, I feel even more like an adult.