09/09/2022
When I started understanding my own levels emotional immaturity, I knew I had work to do. Because I was raised by emotionally immature parents I had issues with: open communication, navigating conflict (hello severe avoidance!), + I struggled to even understand what I felt.
The practice of developing emotional maturity, is really about learning to sit with uncomfortable emotions. To allow them to come + go through the body. And to see that emotions shift + change throughout the day.
This is called emotional processing.
When we’re emotionally immature what’s actually going on is an inability to regulate our emotions. So we have a nervous system response, we have a thought (thoughts reflect the nervous system state), then an emotion. If we haven’t learned to sit with or to be ok with discomfort— we can be impulsive. Saying whatever comes to mind. This leads to lots of shame or regret.
Practice the pause.
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