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

If you still feel anger toward an EIP, you may be holding on to it because a part of you hopes to force the person to have a more emotionally genuine relationship with you. Perhaps some part of you fantasizes that your anger will prompt them to reflect on their part in the difficult relationship.