[3nigma]

I have this person in my life, whom is very close to me, but is EXTREMELY negative. Whenever I'm around them for long periods of time I get stressed out, and become negative and angry myself.

What happens is... They begin to criticize me at a certain point, to act like something in their life is somehow my problem, and just overall make me feel terrible and guilty. They become nervous, a bit angry with me, and are so depressing to be around as they bring me down. What they fail to realize is that this "problem" that they have about me is just a series of unrelated events that they construe to be "after them." I didn't cause it to be happen, it was just life.

Anyway, this person called me and apologized for the way they were acting. Now, before you give advice... Know this. This has happened several times. They've apologized for the way they acted, and when we saw each other again it just became a repeat. Same events took place, same things happened, I got stressed out and argued, then I isolated myself from them and again they called and said they were sorry.

I want to believe their apology, but how can I? They'll just do it all over again. It feels like some sort of trap, like they get me to come back to them being kind and compassionate, and then again they trap me and do it all over. Should I completely isolate myself from them? I'm not sure how I should handle this. (Oh, and no Law of Attraction advice please. Don't tell me I attracted this person with my negative thinking. I was exuberant until they ruined my day.)