Lindsay C. Gibson, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice who specializes in individual psychotherapy with adult children of emotionally immature parents. She is author of Who You Were Meant to Be and writes a monthly...
"此外,这些人似乎期望别人能够明白他们内心的想法,如果别人没能快速地预见到他们的想法,他们便会非常生气(McCullough et al.,2003)。他们不喜欢告诉人们他们需要什么,相反,他们会有所保留,等着看是否有人会注意到他们的感受。情感不成熟的成年人典型的潜需求是:“如果你真的爱我,你应该知道我想让你做什么。” 这里有一个例子,一位女性说,她母亲习惯坐在书房里,直到一位家人从厨房回来,然后她便生气地抱怨说,这个人竟没有想到问她是否想要一杯水。情感不成熟的人不直接说他们想要什么,相反,他们会发明一个让每个人都坐立不安的恶性猜测游戏。(中箭!!!!!!!!!!!)"
"“Emotional maturity” means a person is capable of thinking objectively and conceptually while sustaining deep emotional connections to others. People who are emotionally mature can function independently while also having deep emotional attachments, smoothly incorporating both into their daily life."
"As children,we make sense of the world by putting together a story that explains our life to us. We imagine what would make us feel better and create what I call a healing fantasy ---- a hopeful story about what will make us truly happy one day."
Everyone should read this book. Glad I read it after The Body Keeps the Score as it’s not as academic while I needed robust scientific evidence to convince me given this is such an emotionally charged subject. I was able to recognize that everything in the book is rooted in science, proven, and true. And let myself believe. January 2024, Dubai.