In Time For The Holidays… How To “Gray Rock” Your Dramatic Family Members

The “gray rock” method was, from what I can tell, coined by this blogger in this post. The idea behind gray rock is that people with narcissistic or Borderline Personality Disorder traits are drawn to dramatic interactions, so to get them to leave you alone, you should act as boring as possible. Your responses should be short and bland, and you should give no interesting information that can spark a dramatic response. When dealing with people who are addicted to drama, being boring is a very useful technique that can work a lot…