Culture encourages us to stay “young” (because then we make better consumers).
This can be especially troublesome for men. And most men (including me) probably have some inner conflict related to that.
Patrick and I discuss “Peter Pan Syndrome”— When a grown man is stuck in elements of “boy psychology”.
Referencing Carl Jung, and Marie Louise von Franz's The Problem of the Puer Aeternus (1959)
173 Puer Aeternus: Peter Pan Syndrome feat. Patrick H.