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

the loved one asserts their independent self, it could only mean that they don’t love the EIP. Why else would they pull away or need space for themselves? EIPs certainly feel no urge for psychological independence.