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<blockquote data-quote="LauraH" data-source="post: 747033" data-attributes="member: 22877"><p>Wow...that so echos the things my son said to me when he was a teenager on a regular basis (minus the husband, it was just me and my son back then). Now that he's in his 30s the language has changed but the intent and message are sill the same. I'm the crazy one. I am the root of all his problems, past, present, and future. I'm selfish. I'm toxic. And so on. My son is extremely toxic and I become toxic when we're together. I'm on the verge of instituting a zero contact policy, not what sure for what period of time, because I simply can't listen to that broken record anymore. I hear it primarily when he's using, from the day he got to Florida last November up through last night. I'm done listening and especially done responding to any of it. </p><p></p><p>The thing is, you know better. It's hard not take those acid words to heart and I know from experience how badly it hurts hearing them. But remind yourself that you are none of the things he's telling you you are, and don't take his bait and engage with him. Much easier said than done, I know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraH, post: 747033, member: 22877"] Wow...that so echos the things my son said to me when he was a teenager on a regular basis (minus the husband, it was just me and my son back then). Now that he's in his 30s the language has changed but the intent and message are sill the same. I'm the crazy one. I am the root of all his problems, past, present, and future. I'm selfish. I'm toxic. And so on. My son is extremely toxic and I become toxic when we're together. I'm on the verge of instituting a zero contact policy, not what sure for what period of time, because I simply can't listen to that broken record anymore. I hear it primarily when he's using, from the day he got to Florida last November up through last night. I'm done listening and especially done responding to any of it. The thing is, you know better. It's hard not take those acid words to heart and I know from experience how badly it hurts hearing them. But remind yourself that you are none of the things he's telling you you are, and don't take his bait and engage with him. Much easier said than done, I know. [/QUOTE]
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