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

For instance, you might find out that a part of you is missing the attachment, even though they drive you crazy. Acknowledge this as the emotional wish of one part of you. Then, ask that emotionally attached part of you to step back while you ask bigger, more objective questions of your true self (Schwartz 1995, 2022):