Books Details
Author : Lindsay C. Gibson Pages : 224 pages Publisher : New Harbinger
Publications Language : ISBN-10 : 1684032520 ISBN-13 : 9781684032525
Books Descriptions
In this important sequel to Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents,
author Lindsay Gibson offers powerful tools to help you step back and protect
yourself at the first sign of an emotional takeover, make sure your emotions and
needs are respected, and break free from the coercive control of emotionally
immature?parents. Growing up with emotionally immature parents (EIPs) can
leave you feeling lonely and neglected. You may have trouble setting limits and
expressing your feelings. And you may even be more susceptible to other
emotionally immature people as you establish adult relationships. In addition,
as your parents become older, they may still treat your emotions with mockery
and contempt, be dismissive and discounting of your reality, and try to control
and diminish your sense of emotional autonomy and freedom of thought. In
short, EIPs can be self-absorbed, inconsistent, and contradictory. So, how can
you recover from their toxic behavior?Drawing on the success of her
