27 Jan How to protect yourself from toxic relationships
To protect ourselves from toxic relationships, we first need to recognize the personalities that are harmful to us. Whether in love, in the family or at work, these people affect our mental health and exhaust us, without us necessarily realizing it.
Negative emotions when dealing with toxic people
At work, toxic relationships translate into a bad atmosphere, harassment, verbal and even physical violence. The atmosphere is becoming unhealthy and unbearable. As a family, you feel constantly judged, attacked and not listened to. In relationships, it’s incessant remarks, jealousy… All these behaviors end up degenerating into attempts at manipulation or destabilization… When you’re in contact with toxic people, you feel drained of energy, perpetually annoyed, disconcerted, stressed… You even end up losing vitality, self-confidence and free will! If you regularly experience one or more of these negative emotions, you’re almost certainly in a toxic relationship.
Distance yourself or break up
Once you’ve realized that you’re under a spell, the best decision you can make is to distance yourself from the person, or even break off the relationship altogether. Sometimes this isn’t possible when you’re in a professional situation, for example. Other solutions can then be considered to reduce the nuisance caused by the toxic person. The most important will be to work on self-confidence.
Working on self-confidence
In the first instance, family and friends can play an important role in helping the victim to move away or break away. They will be a great help in “carrying” the person who is often struggling to disentangle herself from the spider’s web woven around her. Secondly, it may be essential to seek professional support, such as that provided by a hypnotherapist. It will give the victim all the tools she needs to find the resources she needs to break away from the toxic relationship. It will enable her to reconnect with herself, become aware of her real needs and regain her autonomy.