When dealing with manipulative or narcissistic people in your life, the best option is to cut contact and leave. But what if that isn't possible? The reality is, not everyone can escape a toxic relationship – especially when it involves co-workers, in-laws or a co-parent. Graywalling, or gray rocking, is a strategy that involves being as disengaged and unresponsive as possible. The goal is to keep your responses limited in order to make the person you are communicating with lose interest in you. Ramani Durvasula, a clinical psychologist and author of "Should I Stay or Should I Go?", says it's important to protect yourself from toxic people. Click the link in our bio for more on how.