Did your parent ever make their bad mood your emergency to fix?

Growing up I could tell the second I walked in the door what kind of mood my mom was in. It was like a survival skill. I could read it in the way she set down a cup or the angle of her shoulders from across the room.

And then my whole job for the rest of that evening was to fix it. Make her laugh. Agree with everything. Be invisible. Whatever that day needed...

I was like 8 years old managing an adult's emotional state and I thought that was just what kids did.

I am in my late 20s now and I still walk into rooms scanning for the mood of whoever is in charge. Job interviews. First dates. Every new situation.

Did anyone else grow up being the family emotional regulator? How long did it take before you stopped doing it automatically in places that had nothing to do with your family?