When our developmental needs aren’t met, we don’t grow into healthy, whole, mature, functioning adults. Best case scenario, we find life-hacks and workarounds to cope, manage, perform, and appear adulty.
However, just beneath whatever brand of duct tape you use to hold it together, you will find developmental arrests, emotional flashbacks, and malnourished parts of self that drive immature behavior.
And yes, those will definitely affect your relationships.
Use this tool to assess your childhood experiences and think about what you are (or aren’t) doing to address maturity issues.
