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Lindsay C. Gibson Quotes

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Lindsay C. Gibson is a psychologist and author who lives in Virginia Beach, USA

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Remember, you can’t expect immature, emotionally phobic people to be different from how they are.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (2015)

They act as though being a parent exempts them from respecting boundaries or being considerate.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (2015)

Emotionally mature people may tell you how they feel about what you did, but they don’t pretend to know you better than you know yourself.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (2015)

Accepting the truth of your feelings and thoughts doesn’t make you a bad person. It makes you a whole person, and mature enough to know your own mind.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (2015)

Only emotionally phobic, emotionally immature people believe that wanting empathy and understanding is a sign of weakness.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (2015)

Emotionally immature people don’t step back and think about how their behavior impacts others. There’s no cringe factor for them, so they seldom apologize or experience regret.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (2015)

Most emotionally mature people can accept that changes and disappointments are a part of life. They accept their feelings and look for alternative ways to find gratification when they’re disappointed. They’re collaborative and open to others’ ideas.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (2015)

we all need other people to meet our emotional needs for comfort and closeness. That’s what relationships are all about.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents (2015)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lindsay C. Gibson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.