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Yes. My parents and siblings. It rarely came to being forceful, but more like smiling at me like I am a fool while explaining how I didn't know anything. You can't communicate with people like that. Anything that is outside their cognitive bias will immediately be shut down. They didn't know how to discuss any side of a topic other than their own. I don't communicate with them anymore. Cut that umbilical cord.Anyone have a member of a family where you dare not say anything on certain topics because they will spend the next 10 minutes forcefully telling you how wrong you are?
Let's keep it generalised about family relations rather than specific topics.
That's what I think it is. Like these discussions are proxy wars for childhood hurtThen there are always the ones who carry childhood grudges all the days of their lives. End up having to tip-toe around those people, too.
Sounds like my brother. He is better informed than I am on his special interests but definitely some dunning Kruger there. There is not many topics he doesn't have a strong opinion on. If he doesn't have an opinion, he will act like he doesn't care or you shouldn't care.Yes. My parents and siblings. It rarely came to being forceful, but more like smiling at me like I am a fool while explaining how I didn't know anything. You can't communicate with people like that. Anything that is outside their cognitive bias will immediately be shut down. They didn't know how to discuss any side of a topic other than their own. I don't communicate with them anymore. Cut that umbilical cord.
I find it rather satisfying that I am doing better than they are by several metrics. So, not once have I had to later agree that they were correct. The Dunning-Kruger effect was definitely at play in my family. Experts in everything in their own minds.
Moving along now. Eyes forward. No regrets.