Dr. Lindsay C. Gibson

I really hope that when people listen to this, they'll come away from it feeling like, oh, I knew this all along. I just didn't know what to call it. Or I knew I was right about that all But everybody was telling me that I was off the mark or crazy or whatever. But this is what I experienced.

I really hope that when people listen to this, they'll come away from it feeling like, oh, I knew this all along. I just didn't know what to call it. Or I knew I was right about that all But everybody was telling me that I was off the mark or crazy or whatever. But this is what I experienced.

So I hope that they will get that feeling of validation for their own experience because we want people to be able to trust their own subjectivity and their own inner life because that's one of the things that's taken away when you have an emotionally immature parent. you could live your life with a sense of trust for yourself as somebody who is worth being taken care of and protecting.

So I hope that they will get that feeling of validation for their own experience because we want people to be able to trust their own subjectivity and their own inner life because that's one of the things that's taken away when you have an emotionally immature parent. you could live your life with a sense of trust for yourself as somebody who is worth being taken care of and protecting.

So I hope that they will get that feeling of validation for their own experience because we want people to be able to trust their own subjectivity and their own inner life because that's one of the things that's taken away when you have an emotionally immature parent. you could live your life with a sense of trust for yourself as somebody who is worth being taken care of and protecting.

Yeah, it holds out the hope that you can be two adults together. After all this time, you may not be able to change them, but you may be able to maintain your own sense of self and your own boundaries with them adult to adult.

Yeah, it holds out the hope that you can be two adults together. After all this time, you may not be able to change them, but you may be able to maintain your own sense of self and your own boundaries with them adult to adult.

Yeah, it holds out the hope that you can be two adults together. After all this time, you may not be able to change them, but you may be able to maintain your own sense of self and your own boundaries with them adult to adult.

in which both parties are just as important as the other, by doing this kind of work within yourself, you have the option of creating a relationship after all this time where you can be you with your parent and they can be allowed to deal with that themselves, which is the proper alignment of responsibility for emotional experiences.

in which both parties are just as important as the other, by doing this kind of work within yourself, you have the option of creating a relationship after all this time where you can be you with your parent and they can be allowed to deal with that themselves, which is the proper alignment of responsibility for emotional experiences.

in which both parties are just as important as the other, by doing this kind of work within yourself, you have the option of creating a relationship after all this time where you can be you with your parent and they can be allowed to deal with that themselves, which is the proper alignment of responsibility for emotional experiences.

Yeah, well, part of the reason why we feel guilt is because we've been blamed, okay? That's pretty basic, but... Wait, what do you mean by that? What I mean is that if you have been blamed a lot or someone has told you that what you're saying or what you're thinking is wrong or it's morally bad, you take on an exaggerated sense of guilt about your own self-expression.

Yeah, well, part of the reason why we feel guilt is because we've been blamed, okay? That's pretty basic, but... Wait, what do you mean by that? What I mean is that if you have been blamed a lot or someone has told you that what you're saying or what you're thinking is wrong or it's morally bad, you take on an exaggerated sense of guilt about your own self-expression.

Yeah, well, part of the reason why we feel guilt is because we've been blamed, okay? That's pretty basic, but... Wait, what do you mean by that? What I mean is that if you have been blamed a lot or someone has told you that what you're saying or what you're thinking is wrong or it's morally bad, you take on an exaggerated sense of guilt about your own self-expression.

And that is a profound impact on a person. And when somebody comes back and reflects to you that there's something wrong with you for having felt that or having said that, and this is a person that you love and admire, that you look up to, your parent, you feel guilty because you don't want to hurt or embarrass somebody that you love, right?

And that is a profound impact on a person. And when somebody comes back and reflects to you that there's something wrong with you for having felt that or having said that, and this is a person that you love and admire, that you look up to, your parent, you feel guilty because you don't want to hurt or embarrass somebody that you love, right?

And that is a profound impact on a person. And when somebody comes back and reflects to you that there's something wrong with you for having felt that or having said that, and this is a person that you love and admire, that you look up to, your parent, you feel guilty because you don't want to hurt or embarrass somebody that you love, right?

So people have this sense of guilt, and it can really lean way too far over toward guilt and shame, heavy self-criticism, because they've learned that that's the kind of feedback that they often get when they're just being themselves. Right. Because emotionally immature people are very, very sensitive. Now, they will accuse you of being oversensitive.

So people have this sense of guilt, and it can really lean way too far over toward guilt and shame, heavy self-criticism, because they've learned that that's the kind of feedback that they often get when they're just being themselves. Right. Because emotionally immature people are very, very sensitive. Now, they will accuse you of being oversensitive.

So people have this sense of guilt, and it can really lean way too far over toward guilt and shame, heavy self-criticism, because they've learned that that's the kind of feedback that they often get when they're just being themselves. Right. Because emotionally immature people are very, very sensitive. Now, they will accuse you of being oversensitive.