Emotional Maturity

Hard to read people most of the time on here, Don't be too rough on yourself Keesha.
I take the safe road thats several say they use on here. I treat people with some respect (just a touch) polite as Mom taught me...several times I admit. The rest is treat people as I like to be treated. Loosen up a little bit?? Don't ask me for a correct statement on my state of maturity.
I was told to grow up just last week.... could not resist a little tug on a pony tail. Laughter can and does heal.
 

Online communication is a challenge. My good friend, who was an online forum moderator for thousands of folks told me that "groups can only keep their faces on for about a month". Evidently all of us have our "full moon" times when something we read that someone posted just rubs us the wrong way and our palms start to itch and our nostrils begin to flare.

We aren't in person and therefore are only using about one tenth of the communication skills. Sometimes that does start to make those emotionally tender spots in our bodies rear up in defense. Just taking a deep breath and stepping back for a bit to regain that nice feeling of kindness can sure help both sides then. Guess its the price we pay for being human.
 
I don't believe people change all that much from a basic core. I think what changes is the roles we have to adopt. The role of a teen in the first year of high school is drastically different from the role of a parent with 3 kids. John and Sue are still John and Sue, but are now Mom & Dad. As we get older, we get more roles. Most of us have roles as grandparents. And some don't handle new roles well. I think we get more experienced, but I feel basically the same as I always did. I think if you had a good friend 60 years ago, and you met him now, I think you'd find the same familiar characteristics as he was, way back then.
 
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Keesha said:
It states that emotionally mature people handle conflict or situations without unnecessarily escalating them.

They aren’t impulsive and never speak recklessly

They don’t rely on defence mechanisms of deflection

They respect boundaries

In short, they aren’t childish.

Here is another good article about emotionally childish people


https://www.google.ca/amp/s/exploringyourmind.com/5-traits-emotionally-immature-people/amp/

I‘m emotionally immature 😏🥺
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I’m now perfectly ok with this. Most people are emotionally immature. That’s what makes them fun.

Im far from perfect but realize that nobody is and it’s ok to be goofy
fmdog44 said:
Acting maturely is another was of saying you are the most boring person on the planet.
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Hahaha. Exactly. I’ve got my time for maturity. It’s just not often. 😅😇
 
Emotional mature people know when it is appropriate to act out or be silly or foolish and when it is not and act accordingly.
 
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