Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C Gibson

Author:Lindsay C Gibson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2019-04-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6: EI Parents Are Hostile Toward Your Inner World

How to Defend Your Right to Your Innermost Experiences

It’s hard to be yourself with EI parents. Some children of EI parents act out their distress by defying their parent, but if you are a thinker and internalize things, you may be more self-inhibiting. Around your parents, you may hide your individuality a bit and interact in ways that keep things smooth between you. You may always feel a little nervous around your EI parent, censoring and thinking twice before you speak.

What makes you so cautious about expressing yourself? It’s because EIPs are so quick to judge and ridicule other people’s inner experiences. To them, your inner world is unnecessary, a needless distraction from what they consider important. They expect you to agree with them, so whenever you express a different opinion or say how you feel, they take it as disrespectful. They act as if anything going on inside you has no merit unless they approve.

In this chapter, we are going to see how EI parents’ hostile attitude toward your inner world can teach you to mistrust and even feel ashamed of your inner experiences, thereby undermining your self-confidence. EIPs instinctively don’t want you to rely on your inner guidance because then you’ll be much harder to control. Our goal here is to see through their demoralizing judgments to support your own feelings and point of view.

The Importance of Your Inner World and What It Gives You

Let’s look at why your inner world is so important. There are five crucial gifts that come from your inner world.

Your inner stability and resilience

Your sense of wholeness and self-confidence

Your capacity for intimate relationships with others

Your ability to self-protect

Your awareness of your life’s purpose

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