


I need welp with talking to my dad
*help
I’ve been told many times that my dad is a narcissist, but I struggle with understanding the definition. What I’m asking for though, is help with communicating with him.
The best way I can explain how he communicates is that he goes against the grain on every single little thing. For example, I asked him what size bed he had for me (since I will have to live with him fairly soon due to financial reasons), and attached are screenshots of our texts (I’m blotting out personal information). He tries to take control.
It’s also worthy to note that I lived with him for a year and a half a few years back… and I really suffered because of it. I have certain needs that have to be met (autistic, anxiety disorder, depression, addiction recovery, etc) and despite myself completely opening up to him, he never took a piece of my advice. I don’t want to live with him again… but I also don’t have any other reasonable choice in this matter.
I know that I need him to feel like he’s ‘doing me a favor’ or like he’s ‘saving the day,’ but I need help on how to do that. He also is happily married to his current wife (spouse number 4), and she’s a psychologist for the school district, but she’s a little different and I’m not too sure about her yet.
If y’all have any questions, suggestions, things to keep in mind or advice, please share! It took a long time for me to recover from last time, and I’m just trying to get up on my feet and move out.