Dealing With Emotionally Immature Parents: How To Handle Toxic Parents

by Priscilla Posey

How to overcome the effects of growing up with emotionally immature parents…

Do you feel you lost your childhood because your parents weren't ready to emotionally take care of a child?

Have you ever feel like you always have been the adult in your child-parent relationship?

Did you have to deal with self centered parents who neglected your needs?

All you ever wanted was parents who listen to your stories, welcome you with open arms and tell you how much they love you, no matter what you do.

Instead you walked around on eggshells making sure none of your actions would upset or irritate your parents.

No matter how much effort you put into getting your parents attention, you couldn´t overcome the imaginary wall they built around themselves.

Even if you experienced anger, you suppressed this feeling or even worse, you turned the anger against yourself and blame yourself for your parents´ behavior.

The older you got, the more you started to suffer from the effects of your childhood.

By now you are a grown-up, but you still live with the scars of your past.

Some of the most common coping mechanisms are living an isolated life, suffering from anxieties or being stuck in dysfunctional and abusive relationships.

Many people grow up with emotionally immature parents. They all behave slightly different but one thing the #1 thing they have in common is, they don't accept their parent role.

You can´t change your past but you can change your future.

Author and expert, Priscilla Posey knows, dealing with emotionally immature parents can be tough, especially if you don´t have anyone who supports you.

Growing up dysfunctional child-parent relationship, Priscilla knows how it feels to suffer from the emotional baggage that is not supposed to be yours.

Priscilla healed from her childhood trauma and became the self-confident person she was born to be. Now she wants to help others to achieve the same fulfilling life.

Once you understand the root of your problem, you can create the happy life you deserve.

In “Dealing With Emotionally Immature Parents”, you´ll discover:

7 signs of emotional immaturity to recognize emotional vampires instantly 4 types of emotionally immature parents and which one you can relate to the most 4 steps to heal from your dysfunctional child-parent relationship How a lost childhood shapes the person you have become If you are the perfectionist, the empath or the people pleaser and what your behavior says about your personality How to avoid and let go of other toxic relationships in your life Why you feel like a chameleon without identity and how to discover your true self Practical exercises to take care of yourself and your self healing journey How to become a good parent for your own child

And much more.

You don´t have to fully let go of your parents. Yet, you have to learn how to separate the person you love from the actions that hurt you.

It is hard to take action and strive for a fulfilling life if you just hit rock bottom. For such a long time you tried to change the people around you or fix the toxic relationships you have been stuck in for so many years.

Now it is the right time to start healing yourself instead of taking care of others.

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Mental Health, Self Help

180 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 1, 2019

Reviews

[R L · Rating 4 out of 5]

Straightforward and useful guide

This is a well-structured and reassuring guidebook on dealing with a very stressful and traumatic situation. It doesn't hold all the answers, but it does contain insight and useful advice for those us dealing with emotionally immature parents.

My primary gripe with this work is that it isn't so much rooted in scientific studies and empirical evidence so much as it is based on anecdotal evidence and certain truisms.

Nevertheless, even if some parts of the book aren't entirely actionable, I came out of this read knowing that I am not alone with my issues and that there is way to overcome my problems.

[MAPP Lab · Rating 5 out of 5]

Feelings in Focus: Emotionally Immature Parents Study

The Multimethod Assessment of Personality and Psychopathology (MAPP) Lab at Cleveland State University wants to understand your experience!

During childhood, did your parent:
* Avoid emotional situations or conversations?
* Get defensive, angry, or upset when you told them how you felt?
* Make you feel guilty for expressing your feelings?
* Have difficulty with criticism or self-reflection?
* Not think about other people’s feeling?
* Tell you to stop being emotional or to “get over it”?

Requirements to participate:
* Age 18 years or older
* Reside in the U.S.
* Be fluent in English
* Have/had a parent who is emotionally immature (does any of the listed behaviors)

This IRB approved study (IRB-FY2024-264), will not associate usernames or profiles with responses in any way. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Kathleen W. Reardon, the faculty advisor, and I at mapplab@csuohio.edu or (216) 687-3762.

If you’re interested, you can access the interest form here: https://csufull.qualtrics.com/jfe/for...

[Kačenka Schlosser · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had high hopes for this book but it turned out to be quite general and barely focused on the topic how to handle emotionally immature parents or how to stop their unstopable abusive behaviour and never ending tantrums. From me personaly this short book was not hepful, maybe it will be for someone who is looking just for some general intro into this deep topic.