Summary of Lindsay C. Gibson's Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents (Unabridged‪)‬

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Emotional loneliness is a feeling of emptiness and being alone in the world. It can come from growing up with parents who never bothered to build an emotional connection with you or were too scared to do so.
Emotional intimacy is when you feel safe opening up to someone and they see you for who you really are. You can only have it when the other person is genuinely interested in listening to you and doesn’t judge you no matter what.
Some parents are too self-absorbed to notice what their kids are feeling. Even if they were to notice, they wouldn’t know how to respond to their kid’s emotions. They ignore them completely or invalidate their feelings.