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⦅ how to save yourself from toxic people ⦆

In order to detoxify our lives, we first need to be able to understand and spot a person with toxic qualities. They look like everyone else, talk like everyone else, and can even be hiding in your friendship group, your family, or your romantic relationship. One way to identify a person like this is that feeling after hanging out: Every time you talk to them, you feel exhausted, emotionally drained, and negative. Irwin describes a person with toxic qualities as anyone who is abusive, unsupportive, or unhealthy emotionally — someone who basically brings you down more than up.There's step to step how you can save yourself from the kind of people like this.

1. Recognizing toxic people

     ⇒there's some signs to keep an eye out for:

        ↪Being judgmental: The person may constantly pass judgment on you and others. 

        ↪Obsessive neediness: They place huge strains on your time and energy. 

        ↪Denialist: They refuse to take responsibility or apologize for their action.

        ↪Jittery, nervous energy. 

        ↪Criticism, usually aimed everywhere

        ↪Negative or cynical worldview

        ↪And in extreme cases, abuse

 

2. Dealing with toxic people

 

 

     ⇒Ask yourself, honestly, if any of your friends are toxic

Do the people in your life bring out the best in you, or are you a sponge for their negativity? It's hard to put friendship aside. But don't let the worst people in your life pose as your best friends. 

     ⇒Don't try to control or clean up the toxic mess -- you'll just get dirty. 

Toxic personalities are only toxic if they affect you negatively. Accept people for who they are and what they are like, and don't let them affect you. Not everyone is going to be friends! It's just the way of the world. Some people just aren't fun. Negative emotions have a time limit. But if someone is holding on to anger and negativity, just throw out the clock and move on.

     ⇒Empathize, but don't try to change people. 

Ask yourself if there is a reason someone is such a bummer. Remember that you can't change another person, only yourself, so don't bog yourself down with excuses. Just try and get where they are coming from -- it'll make dealing with their crap a lot easier down the road. 

 

3. Saving yourself from being toxic

 

      ➾Put your needs and desires first. 

What is most important to you? What do you want out of your life? You decide your life, not the toxic sludge people surrounding you. If they can't accept that, they can get out of the way.

      ➾Make your own decisions. 

Make a choice, for better or worse, and live with the consequences. Don't allow other people or their preferences to be an excuse for you. It's true that sometimes you need to need to make compromises with the people close to you. But don't let compromise be your go-to.

      ➾Build a "support group" of happy, healthy people. 

Move to a new town or switch jobs if you're surrounded by negative people at your old one. End that relationship and start a new one with someone who builds you up instead of dragging you down.

      ➾Be the positivity you want to see. 

Use the inspirational example of positive people in your life to guide yourself away from the toxic people. Smile, give compliments, say thank you, make eye contact, and generally do the things you would expect normal, nice people to do. Being nice is not hard, but some people need you to play the Big Bird to their Oscar the Grouch. 

 

「Tips」

• Find one thing a day to be grateful for.
• Don't worry if people think of you as antisocial if you want to stay away from certain people. You need to become the most important person in your own life. You know what's best for you.
• Spend as little time with negative people as possible. Even if it's just five minutes a day, that's five fewer positive and productive minutes for you.
• Use a small, lovely photo frame to post a simple note that says Be Thankful Always; place it in a prominent place where you pass it and see if often.
• Force yourself to analyze your relationships until it becomes a daily habit you cannot live without. You will discover that it causes negative encounters to move away from your thoughts and will replace these with more harmonious, happy, and productive thoughts.
• If you feel like you constantly have to adjust how you act around someone, maybe you should reevaluate your relationship with them. You shouldn’t have to change who you are to try to fit someone else’s demands.