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I have a friend who used to behave a bit like that, from time to time. Everytime we would meet up, a good time was had by both, but I generally felt like I was the one doing all the listening and the cheering up, and her just being left thinking that I was strong enough to sort myself out all the time (which I generally am).
It got to a point when I was having some serious problems and she started hanging out with a, erm, colourful crowd, so when I felt at my weakest she was a little too out of it to be there for me. I never said anything, but I kind of progressively kept my distance from all her problems because I couldn't/wouldn't know what to say. That long distance seemed to have worked, and now we have re-aquainted, but with the added knowledge that while we stayed away from each other we both did some growing up, and kind of realized that it takes two to tango.
Some people are just like that, unfortunately. They never seem to understand when their own ego is going too far, therefore they end up all the more surprised when a close friend has had enough of their attitude. Perhaps you need to keep a bit of distance from said friend, avoiding arguments and words that you might regret saying to each other. Once you have both learned to live apart, you can relax and re-join. Good luck.
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