I dated someone like this once, who had a bad reputation in a shared social circle (and yet I did not know this at the time, because it's a large social group). She acquired me as a trophy (she didn't realize she confessed this to me at one point, but she very much did with some of the things she said and it matched her MO with other people) because my reputation was much, much better than hers and she was trying to shore hers up with that group of people. And one of her shticks was to focus on ways I must be vulnerable or needing help, because me feeling worse or needy helped her feel powerful. It felt invasive and weird and agenda-driven to me. And annoying. Like she was way overblowing anything I went through for her own reasons. There's a term for that but I won't go digging for it right now. It's one step away from Munchausen by proxy (known as "factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA)" now), though. Fortunately, I am not the type to play up any obstacle in my life—I want to be rid of them all swiftly when they arise—so I wasn't going to lie down and agree I was weaker or more vulnerable than I was. I was not a good target or cooperative prey. So we didn't last long, because I started questioning her bullshit pretty quickly. So of course I got DARVO'ed. She could be Emma's sister.