Relationship Check: How To Heal From Toxicity

Sometimes people do not realize how much the people that they are around can influence their thoughts and behaviors. In dealing with toxicity for a very long time, people can learn to adapt to relationship red flags or extremely degrading behavior. For example, someone can get used to having a low self worth created by consistent daily negative behavior, such as verbally abusive words from a partner.

One parter in the relationship may continue to satiate the other partner to escape negative words or actions that may be anticipated. The problem here is that instability ensues in the relationship because a partner’s desires and moods change, which causes anxiety and unpredictability for the other partner. Drugs and alcohol may be involved, but it doesn’t have to be. The partner choosing to deal with the toxic partner may mentally be disconnected from the relationship or have hopes for better times ahead, but still suffer with an uneasiness that just does not go away.

When we choose to deal with someone who is toxic, we may feel that we have no other options. When we convince ourselves that we do not have the resources or the power to move on or choose another way to live, we have created our own block that cannot be lifted.

When we look for resources, choices, possibilities and opportunities, we are no longer stuck…