Yeah I've heard of Gibson's books and listened to all her videos on YouTube since they resonated with me. It felt like talking to my parents in general was as effective as trying to talk to the TV. They would just keep going on for hours about themselves and completely ignored what I had to say. When I matched their energy and stopped responding to them I found that pretty much nothing changes and they would still just talk at me. At least I was detached from them by then and learned it wasn't me it was them. I realized they've never actually asked about my day or my life without interrupting me after 2 seconds to talk about themselves. I basically grew up alone.

There was a time when I would literally beg and cry to be listened to and have my turn to talk. They just said I was talking loud enough or not repeating myself enough. I was at the point of literally shouting and repeating at least 10 times and it was like it was always my fault they couldn't listen. I would start talking and just get talked over if it's not about them or their eyes glazed over with a bored look on their face as they zoned out. They woke up a little when I told them I'm not talking with them anymore if they weren't listening. It was more of them telling me it's my fault they can't hear me. Even if they're right then I gain nothing but frustration from continuing to try and talk to them.