4. Limited engagement.
Low doses, minimal contact, and maybe even eventually full-blown no contact if that’s what’s necessary and appropriate. Be prepared to end conversations calmly, respectfully, but we’re not going any further with this if and when it’s necessary.
In particular, when you know you’re not being heard anyway. Everything you’re saying is being twisted and distorted. Nothing you’re actually thinking, feeling, or saying is landing. Everything’s being turned upside down, inside out. And the bottom line is if you find yourself involved in this type of mind-bending, energy-draining, circular conversation that’s going nowhere and nowhere fast, do yourself and everyone else involved a great, big, huge favor, and stop. Walk away. Mid-sentence if you have to. Do what you need to do to take care of yourself. Allowing them limited access to you is a really good way to go.
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