Emotionally immature parents fear genuine emotion and pull back from emotional intimacy. They use coping mechanisms that resist reality rather than dealing with it.Lindsay C. Gibson
They are masters of denial. They insist that you didn't see what you saw, or feel what you felt. They make you doubt your reality and derail your feelings.Lindsay C. Gibson
Our parents are our mirror. If your parent can't see your true self, you aren't going to see yourself very clearly either.Lindsay C. Gibson
The right to have feelings and express them appropriately is one of the most important rights anyone can help you defend.Lindsay C. Gibson
When emotionally immature parents' fantasies of competency are threatened, they often respond with power, not mature authority.Lindsay C. Gibson
It’s hard to realize that your parent is emotionally immature. It’s much easier to keep blaming yourself.Lindsay C. Gibson
Emotionally immature people typically have poor problem-solving skills, or a complete lack of them. Rather than calmly discussing and resolving issues, they often engage in argument, blame others and have outbursts of anger.Lindsay C. Gibson
Recognizing that parents are emotionally immature, allows adult children to be free from the domineering influence of parental emotional needs and live their own life.Lindsay C. Gibson
Many people emerge from growing up with a desire to take control of their lives and live their own individual truth. This requires being free from the emotional control of their parents.Lindsay C. Gibson
The outward facade of perfection often conceals a substantial amount of fear, ignorance, inadequacy, and incompetence.Lindsay C. Gibson