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[quote=Anonymous]To me, it depends on how skewed it is so we need examples.

My mother does this still and to be honest, it makes her an impossible person.  There is her version of reality and everyone else's.  My brother and I have learned not to trust anything she tells us.  We call each other to verify anything she says about the other one to stir up trouble and 99% of the time it never happened.

She still swears that she and my dad "never fought" when we were kids.  Meanwhile, here in reality my friends still remind me of some horrible public screamfests she engaged in at our sporting events that would leave me in tears and sheltering with my coach while she yelled at dad in the parking lot, when I go back to my hometown.  They still say how sorry they felt for childhood me.

According to her, none of that ever happened?  She just doesn't believe it.  Total denial.

I don't believe in "giving her perspective respect" any more.  I did that for many years and I'm over it, I have to be if I want to have any sort of relationship with her.  My brother speaks to her a couple times a year, that's how he handles it.  So yes, this can impact your personal relationships.[/quote]

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