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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She may have a personality disorder.  Google borderline personality disorder and see if the description rings true at all.  Either way, it's on you to not get sucked into the conversation.  Just repeat "mom, I'm not talking about this" until she stops, and if she won't stop, hang up the phone or leave the room.  You have some power here, use it.  [/quote]

We have long thought she is borderline. But like I said, she (and we as a family) has also experienced a lot of real tragedy, some related to that but a lot really not at all. So it is difficult to really cut her off because she has legitimate not manufactured issues and needs. I am very aware of the difference between the real issues and the manufactured ones.

I feel like as soon as I have mastered the walk away/redirect with one hot topic that is when she picks the new one. I am perfectly non reactive about my dad and my sister now, so then it's something new. She finds so much joy in her grandchildren, I WANT to provide her with opportunities to see them. I wish she could just hang out with them and not me.

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