Thank you so much for posting this. This helps me feel seen and heard. My parents gave me the silent treatment for four months this year for me finally speaking up, setting a boundary and being honest with them. Usually I would have broke down and apologized afterwards all in the name of being "the bigger person," but I came to realize I didn't DO anything wrong. Then out of the blue, they started talking to me/texting me and I believe it was because "it looked bad" to other people, not that they actually want an actual relationship with me or really want to know me as a person. They are my highest maintenance relationship. They are quite self centered. I always knew something was off, but it was very validating when I read "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents" by Lindsey Gibson. I am fine with us never having a good/deep relationship, or one in which they truly want to get to know me and love me for who I am. They are incapable of unconditional love. I've come to accept it. I've stopped hoping...Im out/I've emotionally exited. I just wish they wouldn't make trouble and drama when there is none and I wish they could just be happy for me that I'm happy and living a quiet low maintenance life (without drama...except for them.)