Signs that you are in emotional childhood

From believing that we are the victim to hyper focusing on the emotions of others, here are a few signs that we are in emotional childhood. ...read more

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Emotional childhood refers to that state where we keep forgetting that we are responsible for the thoughts that impact our emotions. Hence, we keep blaming external factors for the way we feel. "We do anything but take ownership over our own emotions and face our own unhelpful thought patterns. Learning to notice when we’ve slipped into emotional childhood so that we can lovingly guide ourselves to emotional adulthood is such an important skill," wrote Relationship Coach Rebecca Ore. Here are a few signs of emotional childhood.(Unsplash)

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We often do not accept the fact that people are not always supposed to behave the way we want them to. Hence, that makes us feel frustrated. (Unsplash)

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We keep believing that it is always others that are affecting our emotions. In the midst of this, we forget to learn to regulate our own emotions. (Unsplash)

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We hyper focus on the way that others might be thinking – we get obsessed with the process of trying to figure out the thoughts of others. (Unsplash)

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We believe that others are responsible for the way we are feeling – this makes us grow resentment. (Unsplash)

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We always believe that we are the victim and someone else is the villain. Hence, we never try to regulate our own emotions.(Unsplash)