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

Yet in spite of these self-empowering developments, constantly setting limits with oblivious EIPs itself can be exhausting. Some people choose less frequent contact not because they can’t handle the EIP—they can, admirably—but because being effective takes so much awareness and effort.