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Originally Posted by Nowinners
She sounds disordered and defensive. She feels backed into a corner and it activated a "FIGHT or flight" reaction and it has all just become to automatic. 
One of the things that makes me take more medication is because I know I can't help my son unless I can be consistently patient with him and more clearly see what I need to do when an opportunity presents. We can only try to make less mistakes in our relationships but cannot make others be a certain way. No one won.  I am sorry. 
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
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Yes, the slightest criticism, which was me saying she was mistaken about what I said, made her feel attacked and defensive. She then goes off on a rant, taking it somewhere way off topic, smoke and mirrors to avoid the issue. I’m sure this is NPD!
There are no psychological articles I can find about family relationships where two or more have disorders. For you, both you and your son are having individual issues. For me, my mother, both sisters, and me all have some issues going on. I’m not sure who’d be diagnosed, but c’mon, we’re so dysfunctional! Dealing with this is exponentially more difficult than with only one disordered person.