If you want to improve your physical and emotional health, one of the most impactful things you can do is clear toxic people out of your life.<\/p>\n
But we don’t always realize how toxic someone can be until we stop hanging out with them and start feeling more confident, energetic, and at peace.<\/p>\n
Not sure if you should cut someone out of your life? Here are five signs you’re dealing with a toxic friend.<\/p>\n
Interactions with them leave you feeling bad about yourself<\/strong> You feel like you\u2019re below them<\/strong> They guilt you<\/strong> Drama seems to follow them<\/strong> They don\u2019t put a lot of thought into your relationship<\/strong> xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"If you want to improve your physical and emotional health, one of the most impactful ...","author":7532795,"featured_media":109883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[260],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20142106\/joshua-sazon-373580-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/20142106\/joshua-sazon-373580.jpg","formated_date":"September 21, 2017","category_name":"Life","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113832\/entertainment.svg","author_name":"Suzannah Weiss","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#efa2e0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7532795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA non-toxic friend supports your decisions and accepts you as you are (as long as you\u2019re not hurting anyone). On the other hand, a toxic friend may try to find faults in you and your actions. Keep in mind that “tough love\u201d and \u201cconstructive criticism\u201d are only loving and constructive if they\u2019re helping you. Otherwise, they’re just excuses for toxic people to be negative.<\/p>\n
\nThe same rules we apply to dating also apply to friendship. You shouldn\u2019t feel like you\u2019re trying to impress a friend, vying for their attention, or constantly waiting for them to text you back. And beware of any friend who acts like they\u2019re wiser than you and condescending in any way. They should take your opinion as seriously as you take theirs.<\/p>\n
\nTrying to make someone feel bad for not doing what you want is a manipulation tactic. A true friend respects your autonomy — they might express disappointment if you don\u2019t do what they want, but they won\u2019t try to push you into anything.<\/p>\n
\nIf it seems like your friend has a problem with just about everyone, the problem may be with them. It might feel like it won\u2019t happen with you, but toxic people have a way of starting drama with just about anyone.<\/p>\n
\nMaybe they can\u2019t help it if they\u2019re chronically late or always busy when you need them. But even if it isn\u2019t their fault, you\u2019re still giving more than you\u2019re getting, which isn’t fair to you. You deserve someone who puts as much time, energy, and thought into the relationship as you do.<\/p>\n