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

by Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD

Real love has room for both people in a relationship. Affection and acceptance should go both ways, so one person is not exploiting the other. It’s not real love if one person takes control or demands proof of love through the other’s self-sacrifice.