What are the Signs of Toxic Love and How to Avoid Them

Love, as we all know is a wonderful feeling. Something that can create beauty out of the ordinary. But something as powerful as love, if turns dark, can create chaos and loss. That kind of chaos can disturb you to a point from where there is no turning back. This is what we call, Toxic Love. All the love in the world cannot pull you out once you’ve gotten yourself into a toxic relationship. So it’s important for you to know what it actually means and beware.        

You can define it any way you want, Toxic love is something that drains all the health out of a relationship, and takes out the beauty of love from the core of the hearts.

The meaning of toxic love you ask? It’s a feeling in a relationship when you feel suffocated and it seems like you’re trapped and there’s no way out. It’s a feeling that kills you from the inside and you constantly feel lonely and it basically makes your heart sick. This feeling is like a cancer of emotions, it plays with you, your minds and souls. You can’t even get the grip of it as it spreads throughout your lives and destroys every aspect of it.

Here are some clues to help you realize whether you're in a toxic relationship or not:

It’s never normal to physically abuse someone in any kind of relationship, let alone a romantic one. This is the most hurting and severe kind of trauma someone can cayuse that will scar both the mind and the body for life. Other than that, mental or emotional abuse is a thing too. It can come in many forms like your partner being disrespectful, or insulting you in front of people. Ignoring you and making you feel worthless. These are surest signs of the worst kind of toxicity in a relationship. No one deserves to be treated like that, it’s better to escape while you can.

Another sign of a toxic relationship is that, when you’re around your partner, you feel as if you’re dealing with a time bomb. Just one wrong move and it’ll explode and all hell will break loose. To avoid this, you talk less, you hide things and avoid any kind of conversation or action that can trigger the other person which will end things pretty badly.

If you’re having really frequent fights and screaming sessions with your partner then here’s your cue to make a run for it. It’s pretty obvious there’s no use in staying in a red zone of war all the time. Fighting and arguing pointlessly drains all the energy out of you and can deteriorate your mental health.

Many people have a dominant personality and a habit of dictating others. When this gets extreme, it really annoys the other person and degrades them. One needs to realize that there is a limit to healthy possessiveness and insecurities but ruining someone’s mood over petty issues is just rubbish. Controlling of your day to day life, what you wear, how you walk, talk, everything should be in your own control and not governed by someone else. If someone truly loves you, they won’t change a thing about you. 

When you feel like you’re getting more stressed than relieved with your partner, and you tend to get sad around them, or you have this empty feeling of hopelessness every time you guys meet up, then this is a sign you’re a part of a very toxic relationship. Life is already a mess in this modern day world, then why make it even more difficult with a toxic relationship where you’re always tired and stressed out due to worrying and doubting yourself.

Why don’t people escape as fast as they can from a toxic relationship? It’s because about that time when someone realizes they can’t take it anymore, the situation has already escalated to the worst of limits. Besides that, some people just don’t have that kind of courage to let go of someone, even if that person is making their lives miserable.

Toxic love literally damages your mind, body and soul. It’s a matter of mental health that needs to be taken care of. Other than that there are other things too like the following:

Life’s short. And wasting it on toxic people and relationship isn’t wise at all. You can only experience the happiness when you let go of that turmoil in a relationship and give yourself some time to process. When a person is truly happy, everything else makes sense on its own.

Never let yourself feel lonely when you don’t have a partner, we spend so much time finding the greatness in other people that we forget how special we are inside. It takes a moment to realize how powerful you can be on your own, but when with someone toxic, it’s a hazard to your own personality.

It’s important to keep a check on yourself that how well are you doing as a human being. If a person is continually keeping you from doing the right thing and taking out time for others, then what’s the point? You need to get yourself away from that kind of negativity and explore yourself and how can you change yourself for the better?

“YOU ARE ENOUGH” Remember these words and make them the center of your life. A lot of people don’t get out of a relationship because the opinion of the other is way important and they can’t imagine a life without them. But they’re wrong. The day you start appreciating and trusting yourself and your own word, everything will unravel.

Toxic relationships tear down your self-esteem and cause confusion. Toxic people are master manipulators and controllers. Their tactics are not always obvious or easily detected. You can spend years in a toxic relationship without realizing that you are experiencing emotional abuse. Freedom From Toxic "Love" and Emotional Abuse will teach you how to take back your power and to stop allowing people to use, abuse and mistreat you.

The author very cleverly explains the bitter realities in marriages, which is very common nowadays. From the outside, everything looks perfect and has that charm to it. But who knows what story lies behind the doors when no one is watching, when no one can interfere. This story will touch your hearts and make you wonder about what actually glitters, is not always gold. 

Bad Things is about Tristan and Danika, and their train wreck of a love story. Why? Because she had a tendency to fll for the bad ones. And this time, when she fell hard, it was devastating. She knew he was trouble, of course but chose to stay with him still. The toxicity gathered up and spread chaos in the hearts.

Let's hear from the experts, what they have to say about toxic love:

It's certain that there is no happiness bigger than your own. Even if you want to do better for other people, you need a functioning heart and mind yourself. Choosing yourself isn't wrong, ever. So stop being a captive in a relationship that destroys your soul. Free yourself from the toxicity. Will it hurt? Yes, it will at first, but it's a small price to pray for the joy that awaits you.