... a skillful way to deal with difficult people, up to and including "... malignant narcissists, psychopaths, sociopaths, borderlines, drama queens, stalkers and other emotional vampires ...":

• be boring
• answer questions with a shrug or "uh-huh"
• react minimally to anger, attacks, or manipulative behavior

... perhaps applicable to other stressful situations as well?!

_{(cf [0], [1], [2], Mantra - Be Like a Log (2016-01-26), Mantra - Cling to Nothing (2016-04-17), Mantra - Be a Duck, Not a Sponge (2016-08-15), ... ) - ^z - 2023-08-22}