Dating & Relationship Center

A toxic relationship is a relationship that can leave you physically drained. It can leave you severely broken up emotionally as well as spiritually. A toxic relationship can be very devastating and the people who indulge in such a relationship may have to take the help of healing or counseling to forget about it.

The symptoms of the victims of such relationship are anger, frustration, discouragement, irritation, emotional pain, feeling of not being beautiful or desirable, lost of all hope, afraid to trust and feeling of hopelessness.

Let us now discuss the main characteristics of a toxic relationship.

• One tends to become over demanding and they are never satisfied with whatever they have.
• You enter into a lot of relationships with a feeling of hope and new beginning but all your relationships have bad endings.
• A relationship is toxic, when initially it is very pleasant but as the time passes the partners become irritated, anxious, depressed, jealous, worried and competitive.
• You have a feeling of deep loss, when a relationship ends you experience deep sorrow and are filled with uncertainty, shame, humiliation, low self esteem, pain and suffering.
• Fault finding and criticism is the name of the game - everything from the way you clean your office, to your dental hygiene, to your size, your friends, how much time you spend on things.
• Your partner blames you for all their problems, rather than taking responsibility for their own choices. They hold you responsible for whatever goes wrong in their life.
• Be sure that you have entered a toxic relationship if your partner indulges in gossiping and snide remarks about you and other people in your circle.
• People who suffer from a toxic relationship often feel unsupported, unaccepted, unrewarded, stifled, judged, inadequate, dissatisfied, unequal, exasperated, depleted, drained, humiliated, angry, fearful, guilty, tired and stressed.
• A toxic relationship can drain you mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually as well as financially.

Generally toxic people are filled with fears. They are afraid that they are not good enough, of losing control, of exposing their inner desires and wants. Often they have been victims of toxic relationships themselves.

Toxic relationship can be between same race and interracial partners. They best way to avoid such a relationship if not to get involved into it. Your sense of self-worth and your capability greatly diminish if you are around a toxic person for too long.

The end result of toxic relationships is always very devastating. So, if you want to save yourself from entering into such a relationship, always be aware of the bad habits and qualities of your partner.