The Landsverk effect, is when you are having a conversation with someone, and that
person can only respond with relating your issues and stories through themselves.
They will not actually listen to
try understand the emotions and situation you are going through. Instead they
will use your words vaguely, as a catalyst, a launching pad, to tell their emotions and situation to you.
As a result, that person
will always, somewhat unintended, make sure that the convensation, is gonne be almost exclusively be about them.
I wanted to tell her how i
felt, but as soon as I started, she found a way to
make it about her. The entire talk was under the Landsverk
effect. It really sucked.