Emotionally immature people typically have poor problem-solving skills, or a complete lack of them. In intimate relationships, narcissists and borderlines bully, guilt trip, play the victim, throw tantrums, become physically violent, destroy property, disappear, give the silent treatment, name-call, blame shift and engage in other dysfunctional behaviors to silence criticism, evade accountability and justify not […]
Adult Toddlers, Part 1: Traits of Emotionally Immature Narcissists and Borderlines
Since beginning Shrink4Men in 2009, I’ve frequently described narcissists, borderlines, psychopaths, histrionics and other emotionally immature individuals as children in adult bodies, or emotional toddlers. That’s because they think, relate and behave much younger than their physical age. In other words, they exhibit a persistent lifelong pattern of emotional and psychological immaturity. In this respect, […]
What Causes Unhealthy Relationship Choices and Patterns, Part 1
Are you stuck in an unhealthy relationship pattern? Do you make the same relationship choices that ultimately lead to the same unhappy conclusions? For example, pointless unresolved conflict, unmet needs, disappointment, trauma, mistrust, betrayal, deepened insecurities and loneliness? Have the majority of your relationships been with essentially the same person? Meaning different people with similar […]
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