Toxic relationships
Dr. Alaa Jarad
Garad@alaagarad.com
09 May 2023
Human relationships are an essential component of our lives, and it is difficult for a person to live a normal and healthy life without having relationships with others, and relationships may be a source of happiness, inspiration and support, but sometimes they may become a source of unhappiness, misery and constant anxiety, so they become a toxic relationship and harmful to mental health, and its impact may extend to physical health, and due to lack of sufficient awareness, or because of cultural heritage, it is difficult to talk about this type of relationship or even discover it at all.
A toxic relationship is one that makes a person feel unsupported, always misunderstood, or constantly attacked and underestimated, and it may develop that human safety is compromised in some way, emotionally, psychologically and even physically, and in general, any relationship that makes a person feel bad can become toxic over time.
Toxic relationships can exist in almost any context, at work, clubs, or even within the walls of the same house between family members, and it develops when one of the parties to the relationship already has psychological disorders, such as depression or depressive tendencies, those who suffer from mental disorders are very sensitive, and need special treatment, for example, one of the people we deal with may be the type that always tries to attract attention, and this may make him vulnerable to bullying, taunting, or trying to minimize The importance of the topics he raises, and therefore his morale deteriorates, and he behaves in an unfriendly way, and in return others deal with him in an unfriendly way as well and with time it gets worse.
I don't know if we can describe a person as toxic in general, or if the adjective "toxicity" only applies to situations or relationships without people, but there are people who have a large amount of negative emotions and attitudes continuously, do not change over time or attitudes, and have the ability to influence anyone and disturb their lives, unless they are attentive to them. So how can you know them? If the negative and bad side of a relationship outweighs the positive side, know that you are dealing with a toxic person, and of course relationships that involve physical or verbal abuse are definitely classified as toxic.
According to Very Well Mind, there are signs of a toxic relationship, such as giving more than you get, which makes you feel weak and drained, constantly feeling disrespected, or that your needs are not being met, that you feel that the other person is reducing your self-esteem over time, or that you feel unsupported or misunderstood, that you feel depressed, angry or tired after talking or being with the other person, that each party shows the worst side of the other party or makes it The bad side appears in it, such as making you bully or tasteless, or dragging you into bad habits such as smoking, drinking or worse, or indirectly making you spend a lot of time and emotional strength trying to make him happy or please him, and you are always to blame, the other party turns things around, so that the things he made a mistake in suddenly become your fault. And to talk the rest, God willing.
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