Emotionally immature people don’t step back and think about how their behavior impacts others. There’s no cringe factor for them, so they seldom apol… - Lindsay C. Gibson

Emotionally mature people may tell you how they feel about what you did, but they don’t pretend to know you better than you know yourself.

Children stay in alignment with their true self if the important adults in their lives support doing so. However, when they’re criticized or shamed, they learn to feel embarrassed by their true desires. By pretending to be what their parents want, children think they’ve found the way to win their parents’ love. They silence their true selves and instead follow the guidance of their role-selves and fantasies. In the process, they lose touch with both their inner and outer reality.

Only emotionally phobic, emotionally immature people believe that wanting empathy and understanding is a sign of weakness.