Q: What is a toxic person?
A: A toxic person is anyone whose behavior adds negativity and upset to your life.
Q: What is a toxic relationship?
A: By definition, a toxic relationship is a relationship characterized by behaviors on the part of the toxic partner that are emotionally and, not infrequently, physically damaging to their partner. A toxic relationship damages self-esteem and drains energy. A toxic relationship is not a safe place. A toxic relationship is characterized by insecurity, self-centeredness, dominance, control.
Q: Why does a person behave toxically?
A: A toxic individual behaves the way he or she does essentially for one main reason: he or she must be in complete control and must have all the power in his or her relationship.
Q: What types of dysfunctional behaviors would a toxic partner use?
A: A toxic partner may use deprecator-belittler, have a bad temper, be a guilt-inducer, be an overreactor or deflector, be over-dependent, be independent-non-dependable, a user, possessive/paranoid toxic controller, and many more.
*More will be added to this as questions arise.
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General FictionSuffocated. Manipulated. Abused. ☣️ ~ Toxic ~ ☣️ That's the easiest way to sum up what you're about to read. Though I assure you it was no easy thing to put all of this down on paper. It was the longest three months of my life and it was hell. My w...
