When we have been unjustly accused of doing things we didn’t do, the desire to clear the air is strong. Now, if you were dealing with healthy people, clearing the air would be the right thing to do. You aren’t dealing with healthy people.

Narcissists, Dark Triads, and the like LOVE to accuse the target of abuse of all sorts of things that THEY are themselves doing and then argue with or ignore the target of abuse when they try to defend themselves. It is a game where the rules are constantly changing and one in which you will never win!

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Articles mentioned in this episode:

How to Set Boundaries in an Age of Oversharing. It's on Psychology Today. It's by Andrea Brandt, PhD.

Mom and Dad and TMI, and that was on Psychology Today by Peggy Drexler, PhD

Attachment in the Search for the Inner Child by Hal Shorey, PhD on Psychology Today