Emotional Bypass
The truth is some peoples capacity to feel is impaired and they will always find a way to bypass their emotions. It's not their fault they can only go surface deep, collecting responses and mirroring back to you in the hope this will create empathy, a relationship. It won't. They are Bower bird's showing you an illusion borrowed from everyone, even you. Remember that the pain it took to sever their emotions was immense and the false confidence and bravado is just a cover-up. No amount of love, attention, affection will satiate their appetite as they cannot receive only take, till they connect to their own heart to feel the love within.