How do you know if you are immature?

In parenting, thelearning processcan evolve people’s behavior as they gain experience, but there are exceptions such asimmature people.

In this article, we will explain whatthe immature person is, what their characteristics are and we will explain how to overcome that stage.

What does it mean to be immature?

A person can be considered immature, if his main behavior is toavoid responsibilities, he lacks wisdom and unwisefor the age he has.

In this sense, the person with immaturity hasdifficulty abandoningcertain privileges that he has had since childhood, an aspect that does not allow him tosomehow control his emotions, suffering constant changes of moods. (1)

On the other hand, the stage of immaturity is formed from children due in many cases to thebad upbringing of parents or caregivers, who please the child in all his requests, to the most capricious.

You should know: Immaturityis not a mental disorderbut it is a cause for clinical and family concern.

How does an immature person behave?

Immature behaviorhas its own characteristics, which we mention below:

1. Doesn’t control your emotions or handle problematic situations

The immature subject, unlike the analytical andrational person, does not have the ability to control his feelings oremotions, either because he does not have controlover them or uses them as an instrument of manipulation.

To highlight: In this aspect the immature actsimpulsivelyand can not concentrate on problems to solve them, so it is difficult to handle stressful or compromising situations.

2. His personality is not well defined

In this context, the immature person has not fully developed this behavioral repertoire as they have advanced in age, which is why they manifest capricious attitudes as a child as an adult, showing instability in this regard.

Important: This learning disorder can lead to dependent personality disorder.

3. He is incapable of reflecting and accepting his mistakes

since his goal is focused on satisfying his demands. This type of personality always

4. Act irresponsibly and capriciously

Note: This is how they act irresponsibly, to attract the attention of the people around them and generally do not care about the consequences of their actions.

5. She is impulsive, impatient and self-centered

One of the problems of an immature person is that they do not control their emotionsuntil their demands are satisfied. In this aspect he does not enjoy patience, he does not like to wait and becomes aggressive.

since he thinks that all his interests are more important than those of the rest, manifesting himself in this way as a

6. He is afraid of commitment

Due to their inability to perceive, analyze, think and make decisions, the individual with this type of behavior avoids taking responsibilities , they are afraid of commitment and generally run away from stressful situations.

You should know: This can happen because they don’t know what their virtues are defects or the limits to which they are capable of reaching.

How to stop being immature?

There are some recommended strategies to overcome this stage of immaturity and that we mention below:

1. Acknowledge mistakes and accept responsibilities

The introspection strategy (3) could be one of the options to get the subject to recognize that there are things he is doing wrong and that it is necessary to assume a new attitude and new roles, to gradually achieve maturity.

2. Learn to control emotions

Another key to overcoming the stage of immaturity is Learning to ControlThe impulsivenessof negative emotions.

For this, there are some Relaxation Techniques such as yoga, meditation and the practice of breathing exercises , which are indicated, for example, to manage to control anger.

3. Strengthen self-esteem

One of the consequences of states of immaturity is that the subject may be socially rejected because they feel little control over their emotions.

To highlight: In these circumstances, these people tend to perceive themselves as not capable of controlling themselvesundertheir self-esteem lowerstag. In this case, some strategies must be applied to createpositiveself-esteem.

4. Face problems without depending on others

Another aspect that characterizes immature people is that they are always depending on another person, usually parents, to meet their own needs.

Note: That umbilical cord must be separated in some way to learn to face the daily issues of life with your own efforts.

5. Set feasible goals and objectives

Another strategy, and following the context of the previous one, is that they should realize that they do not need other people to achieve personal goals.

Thus, drawing up some simple objectives according to their initial capacity and adding others to them as they meet the previous ones would be a great behavioral reinforcement to ensure that the immature person has other perspectives on the world that surrounds him.

Key Findings

• The immature person is characterized by having little ability to manage emotionsand feelings.
• Immaturity may have its origin in the learning processduring childhood.
• The immature person becomes aggressive and foolishif his demands are not met.
• The immature person does not assume responsibilities and is afraid of commitment.
• Immaturity is not considered a mental disorder and can be corrected with the application of some strategies.