the.com/immaturity
Having the emotional toolkit of a toddler but the grievances of a lawyer.
means The state of lacking the emotional or mental development expected for one's age, especially a tendency to react rather than reflect.
from From Latin immaturus, 'not ripe' — im- (not) plus maturus (ripe, timely), the same root that gives us 'mature.' The metaphor is agricultural: a person, like fruit, can be picked before they're ready, still green on the inside no matter how big they've grown on the outside.
- not age-bound
- plenty of 45-year-olds qualify effortlessly
- core symptom
- feelings outrun reasoning by decades
- disguise
- often mistaken for confidence or humor
- cure
- consequences, repeated until they stick