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How to communicate after a contentious divorce... Following a contentious divorce and custody battle, there are often high emotion and tensions between the parents. Research shows that constant and chronic conflict between the parents negatively impacts the children. The children sense their parents anxiety in their voice, their body language and their parents behavior. Here are some suggestions from Dean Stacer on how to avoid conflict.
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« on: May 26, 2017, 07:58:54 PM »

Dealing with my narcissistic mother today after she sent me a scathing email about choosing a step relative over her in celebrating important life events. That aside, I spoke to my wore about it, she was very sympathetic and felt bad for me. Later after I got home from work, the intensity of my emotions had subsided and I decided to just 'let it go' for now. Wife lays into me that I should be sticking up for myself now more than ever against my mother. That I shouldn't let it go, etc etc. Getting very animated while talking.
I try to explain that I'm not letting anything go that I just want to forget about it for now. She starts to say how's he's trying to be supportive and wanted to talk with me about it when I got home from work and now I'm just blowing her off and forgetting about it. That it makes her feel like I'm not on her side and an a outsider.
My therapist and I discussed this topic earlier this morning and she says that BPD individuals get a false sense of self when they are 'pushing back' against something or someone. When we were in solidarity about being against my mom, she was fine. But now that I have decided to just let things sit for a while, I suppose I've removed whatever sense of 'self' or 'power' she may have felt and now she's lashing out at me!
I'm not taking anyone's side but my own! I feel so trapped between my narcissistic  mom and BPD wife, I feel like I could scream! She ended up having a hissy fit and locking herself in the bedroom to 'nap'. I don't deserve this crap and I'm tired of it! How do I get her to understand that I'm on my own side and that I will fight my battles my own way, and not to take it personal if I don't go both barrels blazing?
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