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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents.

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I ‘28F’ Donated a kidney to my dad ‘52M’ and he hasn’t checked on me once

I may be reading too much into this, but this type of behavior sounds familiar to me. To continue to try to do things that will make your parent show you the love and affection you deserve. If that ri…

r/relationship_advicecomment4/4/2026
Coming to terms with possible childhood emotional neglect - curious how others turned out

Coming to terms with possible childhood emotional neglect - curious how others turned out — As I’ve gotten older and started reflecting on my life, I’ve slowly worked backwards and realised that I might have experienced childhood emotional neglect (CEN). What’s funny is that it actually sta…

r/EmotionalNeglectpost3/8/2026
How did other people learn that it was emotional neglect that they experienced growing up?

How did other people learn that it was emotional neglect that they experienced growing up? — I am 40 and have been in and out of therapy since I was a pre-teen. I have never had a therapist call it emotional neglect. It wasn’t until last year, that a therapist brought up the book “Adult Child…

r/EmotionalNeglectpost4/9/2026
Trading book recommendation! For those trying to fix attachment issues.

Jonice Webb PhD Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect Ichiro Kishimi The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real…

r/attachment_theorycomment1/24/2026
I think I want to get divorced.

Go watch Lindsay Gibson and Monique Koven's video on the adult children of Emotionally Immature Parents. I bet you will see him in it. If you don't have kids with this person, it's a great time to lea…

r/Divorcecomment3/15/2026
realizing at 30 that i had a fucked up childhood and feeling angry about it

Let yourself grieve the loss of what you should have been given, then educate yourself about emotionally immature parents. My favorite literature is the book Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Par…

r/EmotionalNeglectcomment3/26/2026
Dealing with a mom who can’t be alone.

I highly recommend the book Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents.

r/DecidingToBeBettercomment4/3/2026
I’m Glad My Mom Died book

I've got it, I haven't read/ listened to it. I only got through a few minutes of Adult Children of Emotionally Immature parents. Set my mind into a spiral

r/raisedbynarcissistscomment4/4/2026
How do I not feel guilty about saying no or changing plans

There are a ton of different ways. You have to pick one and give it a try. I started with conventional talk therapy. Then I worked my way through the books Codependent No More, CPTSD: Fron Surviving t…

r/Codependencycomment4/4/2026
Major Blow-Up on Easter

Ah man, it’s hard for me to read this because I’ve been in this kind of situation so many times with my mum. She has denied all sorts of things, sometimes only days after saying them. And they are the…

r/raisedbynarcissistscomment4/6/2026
My “dad” always audibly sighs and shakes his head whenever I’m within vicinity of him…

I am so sorry you are dealing with this. It hurts so much when your parents who are supposed to love you are so emotionally stunted. I can't say the reason he is doing what he is doing but there i…

r/EmotionalNeglectcomment4/8/2026