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Originally Posted by Vibrating Obsidian
That’s another problem I have with the emotional maturity concept - there’s NO objective guidelines, but only the subjective views of each of us.
https://www.google.co.il/amp/s/www.p...emotions%3famp
According to the article, emotions consist of happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, surprise, anticipation and trust
Emotions can be both expressed and explained. And they can also be controlled
I’ll try to give a more objective and overall definition of emotional maturity - “A full understanding and fulfillment of the field of emotions”.
Let me try - I can say I am happy about taking my decisions in life, sad when I am not getting what I want, particularly a romantic relationship. I am disappointed I can’t fix a relationship although I really want to
I am disgusted by people who are critical of others yet do not go by their criticisms
I am happy whenever I get a reply here, am sad when I don’t get replies in my threads
Well, I am not really emotionally mature regarding the sensation of emotions. However I pride myself on my intellectual levels and I hope people will learn to look BEYOND emotions to find and fulfill our potentials |
Perhaps this is a type of emotional immaturity which I am trying to recognize and overcome:
I sometimes feel like I am responsible for my husband or children's emotions, reactions, and actions to a much greater extent than I really am. I am just not that powerful!! This mistaken feeling/belief has caused me and my family a lot of problems from my POV. (It is likely one reason I attempted.
) I can think of times in the past when others are emotionally upset--well, I sometimes mirror their emotions and get all caught up with it. It is an example of having terrible emotional boundaries. I may have even done this in some of my PC interactions!!