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I am new to this forum, and hope that someone out there can help, or even just relate to what Im going through as I feel like Im starting to go crazy....

My partners son is 23 years old and lives with us, but he is making life impossible for me and he is constantly trying to cause problems all the time.
He ...

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I've been married to a man for ten years now, and found out three years ago he has Avoidant Personality Disorder. It finally makes sense to me now, why he never stood up for himself or us, why he hasn't been able to protect me physically or emotionally, why he has used me as a human shield to protect him, why he never confronts ...

Since I have been posting here in the past few months, I have not actually started a thread. Much of what I say below will probably be repetitious - but here goes.

My readings on DD and other various personality disorders and mental illnesses, indicate that one should not confront the DD person or challenge their delusions.

My question is simply - how do you avoid it? Especially when they are directly asking you questions ...