Your father reminds me a lot of mine... Please don't hold out for him to change. I'm not going to say it's impossible, but expecting someone like that to change is about as close to impossible as you can get. The mechanism for feeling empathy is broken, so there's no path for change. Any perceived breakthrough is just him learning to manipulate you better. For your own sake, limit your interactions with him.
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Your father reminds me a lot of mine... Please don't hold out for him to change. I'm not going to say it's impossible, but expecting someone like that to change is about as close to impossible as you can get. The mechanism for feeling empathy is broken, so there's no path for change. Any perceived breakthrough is just him learning to manipulate you better. For your own sake, limit your interactions with him.
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