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[quote=Anonymous]OP, have you read Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents? You are asking them for something they can't give. With my mother I had to work to be relational and not expect a relationship. The thing is I also set boundaries because she was using me as her therapist/dumping ground/pacifier and it enraged her I could no longer be her outlet. Then the tantrums ensued. We are low contact. I expect nothing in terms of emotional support, etc., but I do expect respectful behavior. I am polite and distant, and many topics need to be off limits because they set off her dramatics. She mourns the loss of the days I contorted myself into a pretzel trying to please her. She will never take accountability for any of her fits of rage or deluge of insults or her unrealistic expectations of how I am supposed to revolve my life around her needs and I just have to practice radical acceptance. I am polite, but detached. [/quote]
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