Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People

Subtitle: Avoid Emotional Traps, Stand Up for Your Self, and Transform Your Relationships as an Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents

Author: Lindsay C Gibson

Genre: Non-fiction, Self-help, Psychology

Format: Digital ARV via NetGalley

Publish Date: July 2023

Read: June 2023

Favorite Quote: Integrity is meaningless when your highest good lies in your immediate advantage of the moment. Integrity can’t be sustained in a person who privileges their feelings over factual reality.

Synopsis: The fourth book in Gibson’s Emotionally Immature series, Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People, expands the discussion from parents to all emotionally immature people in your life. In previous books, Gibson outlined what emotionally immature parents acted like and how that may have affected you as a child. Then, she extrapolates by sharing common behaviors and thought patterns of adult children of emotionally immature parents. Now, Gibson helps you look at many of the types of emotionally immature people you may encounter and gives you reflections and exercises to help deal with those personalities more effectively.

Why does this book beguile? From the first book, I was able to see how the discussion around EI parents could apply to any EI adult. This book, Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People, goes much deeper into the behaviors and reactions of EI people to equip you with ways of dealing with them. Ultimately, Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People is about setting boundaries and allowing you the space to reflect on how your boundaries are right for you, not the EI person. Anyone dealing with draining family members, friends, colleagues, or neighbors will greatly benefit from reading this - or any - of Dr Gibson’s books!

Rating: 5/5

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