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What Is A Toxic Person

What is a toxic person? Unfortunately, they may be all around you, or even worse, you may be one. Toxic people consistently drag others down, making people feel worse about themselves for apparently no other reason than the satisfaction of doing so, and they may be overly needy, not caring about anyone other than themselves.

The first question to ask yourself is - do I make others feel better or worse after spending time with them? You might also turn it around and ask the same question regarding friends, family, and others in your life. How do you feel after being with certain individuals? If you find you have always felt worse, then it may be you know someone with a toxic personality.

If you take time to look at yourself, honestly assessing your effect on others, and find you constantly bring other people down, then you might be a toxic person. If you have the forthrightness and courage to own up to it, and actually regret hurting people, then you are to be admired. You are to be applauded even more if you're willing to correct yourself in order to become an uplifting, postitive individual, and work toward that end!

A toxic person isn't to be confused with those who just have a bad week and temporarily cause upsets, nor are they simply fair weather friends who back off when storm clouds pop up over the horizon. While the latter may not be the best of friends, generally, they don't mean to do others harm. They just don't want to take on more problems - yours or anyone else's. Other than their ducking for cover, they're good to spend time with in pleasant conversation or on fun outings, and you can walk away afterwards feeling as though you've enjoyed yourself.

On the other hand, after being with a toxic person, you may feel badly about yourself, angry, and experience a multitude of other negative emotions. In short, you may come away wishing that you hadn't seen that person at all, and sadly this can happen with casual friends and acqaintances, and with those whom you've somehow come to love!

What to do should you realize you've been keeping company with a toxic person? The best advice is to distance yourself from them even though it may pain you to do so. If you can't find it within yourself to part with them, then you could be in for a future of low self-esteem, anger, and hurt feelings among other things. If the toxic person is someone very special to you, your relationship with them may well be an ongoing heartache full of consant yearnings

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