Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

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This can obstruct the child’s emotional growth and development, sometimes leading to codependence or other relationship difficulties. I did not have the best start in life, so during my adult years I have had to focus on healing from the past and childhood traumas.

Gibson exposes an often overlooked, yet extremely common syndrome that shapes the lives of so many people. In my family -- based on the distinctions I will discuss in a bit -- my husband is sweet, nice, and kind; my daughter is sweet and kind, I'm only kind, and my son used to be none of the above, but is growing into himself as an adult who is both sweet and kind. If anything, by understanding emotional immaturity my hope is you’ll feel more compassion and forgiveness for your parents or someone else’s parents. Classic confusion from someone who’s childhood physical needs were met but not their emotional needs. Even if they were well taken care of or verbally told they were loved that doesn’t mean their emotional needs were met.And in these cases, it would be pivotal for their own personal growth as well as for the well-being of their children. But when moments require emotional decisions they can be either rigid or impulsive and close their minds to other ideas. the people we find most charismatic are subconsciously triggering us to fall back into old, negative family patterns.

I will be referencing this book while working on the issues it discusses- I found it extremely insightful, detailed, and easy to follow. This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today's video, I'll share my thoughts on the non-fiction book summary app -- Headway. Parents uncomfortable with their emotional needs don’t know how to be emotionally supportive and are likely to discount a child’s feelings and punish instead of comfort. They are respectful and reciprocal: respect your boundaries; give back, flexible and compromise well; even-tempered; willing to be influenced; truthful, apologize and make amends. But as a parent myself, it is literally impossible to never do any of these things unless you have the inner peace of the Dalai Lama.Gibson, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist who carries out individual psychotherapy with adults in her private practice. Dealing with emotionally immature parents involves recognizing the issue, setting firm personal boundaries, focusing on personal emotional work, practicing mindfulness and self-care, healing through relationships, and seeking professional guidance. This book unravels a bit of the massive web that is human psychology and the complexity that’s added onto it with relationships.