Dr. Lindsay C. Gibson

It doesn't surprise me because it's one of the foremost reasons, I think, why people look for help and validation from accounts and programs like yours, Mel, because they get so much validation from hearing somebody put into words things that they've been feeling that they've been told aren't really happening.

It doesn't surprise me because it's one of the foremost reasons, I think, why people look for help and validation from accounts and programs like yours, Mel, because they get so much validation from hearing somebody put into words things that they've been feeling that they've been told aren't really happening.

It doesn't surprise me because it's one of the foremost reasons, I think, why people look for help and validation from accounts and programs like yours, Mel, because they get so much validation from hearing somebody put into words things that they've been feeling that they've been told aren't really happening.

And this doesn't have to escalate to the degree of gaslighting. It just has to be that the emotionally immature person just doesn't see it. They don't perceive it that way. And so they can't validate the person. Dr. Gibson, what does it mean to be emotionally mature? So the emotionally mature person can think about their own behavior conceptually. They remain objective. And they can also...

And this doesn't have to escalate to the degree of gaslighting. It just has to be that the emotionally immature person just doesn't see it. They don't perceive it that way. And so they can't validate the person. Dr. Gibson, what does it mean to be emotionally mature? So the emotionally mature person can think about their own behavior conceptually. They remain objective. And they can also...

And this doesn't have to escalate to the degree of gaslighting. It just has to be that the emotionally immature person just doesn't see it. They don't perceive it that way. And so they can't validate the person. Dr. Gibson, what does it mean to be emotionally mature? So the emotionally mature person can think about their own behavior conceptually. They remain objective. And they can also...

think objectively and still maintain a strong emotional connection with other people. So you've got a person who can handle their emotions, connect with other people, and think objectively.

think objectively and still maintain a strong emotional connection with other people. So you've got a person who can handle their emotions, connect with other people, and think objectively.

think objectively and still maintain a strong emotional connection with other people. So you've got a person who can handle their emotions, connect with other people, and think objectively.

Let's say that a teenage daughter goes to her mother because she's just had her boyfriend break up with her, and she's distraught, and she's telling her mom about what happened. And the mother says, I know exactly what you're talking about. Your father does that to me all the time.

Let's say that a teenage daughter goes to her mother because she's just had her boyfriend break up with her, and she's distraught, and she's telling her mom about what happened. And the mother says, I know exactly what you're talking about. Your father does that to me all the time.

Let's say that a teenage daughter goes to her mother because she's just had her boyfriend break up with her, and she's distraught, and she's telling her mom about what happened. And the mother says, I know exactly what you're talking about. Your father does that to me all the time.

And then the mother derails the conversation because of her egocentrism, okay, because of her poor empathy, and makes it all about her because there is that kind of childish, ravenous hunger for being the most important person in the relationship at the moment. They didn't get their needs met when they were little for whatever reason, and now they're going to collect on their own children.

And then the mother derails the conversation because of her egocentrism, okay, because of her poor empathy, and makes it all about her because there is that kind of childish, ravenous hunger for being the most important person in the relationship at the moment. They didn't get their needs met when they were little for whatever reason, and now they're going to collect on their own children.

And then the mother derails the conversation because of her egocentrism, okay, because of her poor empathy, and makes it all about her because there is that kind of childish, ravenous hunger for being the most important person in the relationship at the moment. They didn't get their needs met when they were little for whatever reason, and now they're going to collect on their own children.

Can you give me another example? Sure. Let's say that a young man decides that he wants to go into writing or something in the creative arts, and maybe he has a lot of talent, but the parent hears this, and it hits up against their goals goal that they have for what it would be to be a successful parent of a successful child. And that's something that they can't stand.

Can you give me another example? Sure. Let's say that a young man decides that he wants to go into writing or something in the creative arts, and maybe he has a lot of talent, but the parent hears this, and it hits up against their goals goal that they have for what it would be to be a successful parent of a successful child. And that's something that they can't stand.

Can you give me another example? Sure. Let's say that a young man decides that he wants to go into writing or something in the creative arts, and maybe he has a lot of talent, but the parent hears this, and it hits up against their goals goal that they have for what it would be to be a successful parent of a successful child. And that's something that they can't stand.

And so they might not come out and say that to the young man, but they would make him start to feel bad about pursuing something that they didn't like. And they would start withholding approval for his choices in order to get him on a path that would again, align with their own egocentric view of who they want to be, which is the parent of a successful child in their mind.

And so they might not come out and say that to the young man, but they would make him start to feel bad about pursuing something that they didn't like. And they would start withholding approval for his choices in order to get him on a path that would again, align with their own egocentric view of who they want to be, which is the parent of a successful child in their mind.