The Traits of Emotionally Mature People
How well can you control your emotions?
We all like to think we’re emotionally mature.
But the truth is, each and every one of us holds a set of biases about ourselves, and such biases influence the person we see when we look in the mirror.
According to psychologists, these are so entrenched, that if we were to see a replica of ourselves on a train; we probably wouldn’t recognise them.
It’s clear then, that we could quite easily be mistaken when we perceive ourselves at our peak of emotional maturity.
Typically, our understanding and expectations of emotional maturity come from observing others behaviour. And from that, we adjust our behaviour to match our schema of what maturity is, based on what we have seen of others.
Of course, observing others isn’t a reliable indication of what peak maturity is — if you’ve been surrounded by the emotionally stunted or immature your whole life, you may think this constitutes “normal.”
So let's consider the typical traits of emotionally mature people.
