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2 days agoEmotional maturity isn't about being nicer, it's about being clearer, and I finally understand what my therapist meant by that - Silicon Canals
I spent about twenty years being confused about what emotional maturity actually meant. I thought it meant not getting angry. Or getting angry but being nice about it. It meant saying "I hear you" and "let me understand where you're coming from" and generally performing a kind of emotional competence that made other people feel validated. I was pretty good at it, actually. People liked me. I didn't blow up at anyone. I solved problems collaboratively. I was emotionally intelligent, or so I thought.
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