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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is like this.  It is exhausting.  But as he has gotten older, he has started to realize what I've been telling him for years.  Nobody will bother spending time with someone so exhausting.  I also make sure to tell him I will not engage him in contrary discussions.  If he wants to disagree with me, that's fine but I don't need to stick around to listen to it.  Sometimes I just leave the room.[/quote]

OP here.  Thank you so much for responding!  Since you live with him, how do you handle the day to day?  How do you make a simple question, just a simple question (without it becoming deflected at you, or becoming WW III)?  I am trying to think of specific examples.  To be honest, it is kind of numbing - I think becoming numb to it is a coping mechanism for me after all of these decades, sadly.

He is very self centered and inconsiderate.  All of these things tie together in a neat package that I would better be able to deliver if I had a psych degree.  His charade is predictable and exhausting.  His mother acts the same exact way.  It's awful.  Do you know what causes it?  Are they traumatized early on? [/quote]

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