Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

By Lindsay C. Gibson

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents - Lindsay C. Gibson
  • Release Date: 2015-06-01
  • Genre: Self-Improvement
Score: 4.5
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Description

If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent’s behavior. These wounds can be healed, and you can move forward in your life.

In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense of neglect, and discover ways to heal from the pain and confusion caused by your childhood. By freeing yourself from your parents’ emotional immaturity, you can recover your true nature, control how you react to them, and avoid disappointment. Finally, you’ll learn how to create positive, new relationships so you can build a better life.

Discover the four types of difficult parents:

• The emotional parent instills feelings of instability and anxiety
• The driven parent stays busy trying to perfect everything and everyone
• The passive parent avoids dealing with anything upsetting
• The rejecting parent is withdrawn, dismissive, and derogatory

Reviews

  • Highly recommend

    5
    By CTB1007
    Incredible book. One of the best book recommendations I’ve ever received.
  • Incredible

    5
    By herhqcb
    Life changing book, this book healed me and allowed peace in my life. I wish I could thank her for this gift, because this book is truly a gift.
  • Highly Recommend.

    5
    By Tahoe JB
    Great book that probably needs to be read twice - or highlight sections that registered with you throughout the book during your first read and then review those highlights from time to time. This book forced me to look at my relationships in a different light and forced me to look at myself differently as well. My parents were not emotionally immature; quite to the contrary. I read this book to help me more effectively connect with those that were raised by emotionally immature parents. I have a whole new outlook on these relationships after reading this book.
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    5
    By iamcielaa
    Truly the most informative, eye opening, self-reflective book I’ve ever read. Thank you
  • Enlightenment with every page.

    5
    By rjblankicz
    It was a hard read only because of self identification.
  • Life changing

    5
    By Fbbhjj
    I’ve never read a book so quickly in my life that resonated so deeply.
  • Beautiful.

    5
    By Cheezboy12
    Truly, beautiful. This has helped me in so many ways uncover the truth I’ve always known and experienced, and validate my existence and reality. Thank you.
  • Redundant

    2
    By joshua1990dudeguy
    Some useful info but was increasingly difficult to stay engaged as the pages flipped by. The desire to read on was held back by redundancy.
  • Extremely helpful

    5
    By AndrewSorge
    Thank you! This book has been so helpful to me and my healing journey. I am so blessed to have found this book. Thank you for the time and effort you put into making this available!!!
  • This book changed my life

    5
    By spathos
    It gave me a language for experiences that I didn’t have words for. Well written with useful examples for anyone who has a difficult relationship with one or both parents and can’t explain why.