5 Tips To Survive Encounters With Dysfunctional People

May is Mental Health Month.

1. Dysfunctional people cause chaos.

I used to think they put me on this earth to help dysfunctional people. Of course, that thought was its own symptom of a dysfunctional personalty. I wanted to save people, like some kind of dime-store Jesus.

You learn the hard way in this life, and the dysfunctional people around me taught the hardest lessons.

Dysfunctional people cause chaos. It’s their goal. It’s their pleasure. They tell lies, then weave fantastic stories from their lies, and confuse everything so you no longer know what is the truth. They attack in ways blatant and subtle. They resist all attempts at healing or peace.

We’ve got next level with all this. Dysfunctional people have made their move to take over the world. They crawl to the pinnacle of power and lie and cheat and gaslight on a mega-scale. And then they retreat to their hidey-hole as people rage and boil over and wreak havoc on us.

They demand attention. They demand affirmation. They literally will call you to task until you acknowledge them in the exact way they need to be acknowledged. It’s sick.