Signs of Toxic People

A toxic person is anyone whose behaviour adds negativity and upset to your life. Many times, people who are toxic are dealing with their own stresses and traumas. We communicate with a lot of people. Many of them make you feel good and others leave you feeling worse off. Perhaps, it could be someone who is related to you or someone at your workplace. These toxic people impact your mental health. Your behaviour is influenced by the communications you have with them.

When they stay around you

• You may feel like you’re being manipulated into something you don’t want to do
• You may feel guilty whatever you are
• You may feel uncomfortable around them
• You may be confused by the person’s behaviour.
• You may feel less energetic in their pressure.

In this blog, I have shared some signs of toxic people that will help you to figure out.

Inconsistent

It is hard to recognize who you are with at any given time because they are often not the same person. Others don’t know who they’re  going to be dealing with at any given time they change their perspectives, attitude and behaviour, depending on the mood, circumtances. Their behaviour is unpredictable. They don’t follow through on their promises. And they know how to be kind when they want something from you.

Attention seeker

They always need your attention. Attention seekers who always try to grab your attention by calling, texting or showing up constantly. And they are probably not being supportive to you in return. This kind of behaviour is called ‘Histrionic Personality Disorder’.

Dramatic

There is always drama. Toxic people bloom in dramatic situations. Suppose, If you offer help and solutions, they never seem to want to fix anything.

Manipulative

Manipulative actions of highly toxic people. They always try to pull in confusion for making any decisions. They use other people to accomplish whatever their goal happens to be.

Emotional blackmail

Emotional blackmail is a powerful form of toxic person. Emotional blackmailers know how much you value your relationships with them.

The blackmailer might say :

“ If you leave me, I’ll kill myself.”

No one wants to be responsible for suicide and the blackmailer wins. 

Most of the time threats are less extreme, but still designed to play on the victim’s natural fears. They use more forms of blackmailing regularly to fulfil their works by you.

Abusive

They are abusive. They abuse you whether it’s physically or emotionally. Abusing a person in any way is never acceptable. Emotional abuse can be one of the most painful forms of violence and killer of self-esteem.

Dealing with an abusive person can be causes of depression,confusion,self blame, low self-esteem and lack of motivation.

Pathological liars

Lying is a common behaviour in humans. When someone tells a lie, there is often a clear reason for them to do so. But pathological liars often lie without any reason. They tend to be impulsive people with a need to impress. Their lies might not always have a purpose and sometimes they might lie to you just because they can. Dealing with pathological liars can leave you feeling confused and betrayed.

People who don’t respect your boundaries

Another sign of a toxic person is no boundaries. Most of us respect someone’s personal space, but toxic people don’t respect that. Certain people protect their vulnerabilities and insecurities onto another person in the form of anger and bullying. They are totally incapable of respecting boundaries.

Do any of these signs resonate with you? Do you stay around these kind people? 

Practice to deal with toxic people.

Don’t forget to love yourself. Happy reading! 🙂