Job, I have also wondered this about restraining orders.
The thing is these sanctions work 'better' when they are used against people who are at least slightly in touch with reality.
I honestly think my xh no longer believes that any of the normal rules of life apply to him. He got an exemption.
It is about control, but it is also about rejection. He feels rejected by us all, and part f it is 'teaching us a lesson' I think, a sort of punishment for not being the way he wants us to be.
