>> When I was dealing with a micromanager I just stopped letting him know what I was actually doing - because bothering to communicate with him only ever made my job harder than it needed to be.

Man, this. I was dealing with the same shit and just did what you did.

I stopped to show what I was doing in a low level, because he is a super technical guy and would try to find issues in things that don't matter and/or were not high priority.

And then I started to show and discuss only what matters. My mental health had a 100% improvement.