Why You Need to Know These 10 Signs of A Toxic Relationship

Many people who wish to be in a relationship want it to be a happy, caring, compassionate and accepting one. This vision can be a possibility only when both parties are emotionally healthy and committed to one another. There are cases, though, in which one or both parties have disruptive personal difficulties or want to dominate, exploit, and demean their partner. These unbalanced circumstances can make the relationship very toxic.

What is a toxic relationship, then? Yeah, a toxic relationship is one in which your happiness and well-being are being compromised. In other words, something of a negative nature tries to pull you down or push you away from leading the life you deserve for yourself instead of helping to complete your life as a good relationship should.

While the bond you share with your partner may have once felt like the epitome of an ideal relationship, you may have begun to wonder, after some time has passed, if it's what you've cracked it up to be. You may have recognised that you're just not happy with where you are with your partner. The fact that you doubt your relationship is cause for alarm on its own. Still, you will also need to take a closer look at your relationship and your partner and consider the likelihood that you may be in a dysfunctional relationship.

So, if you're the victim of a toxic relationship, how do you know? Here are 10 signs that you should look out for.

Addiction

Your partner experiences untreated opioid or alcohol abuse. When they reject aid and knowingly consume drugs, you will certainly be needed to handle the different crises that your partner causes. On a realistic level, an addict could find themselves in legal or financial hot water.

Aggression

There is some form of aggression arising in the relationship. This does not leave bruises as it is mental and psychological abuse. Still, it can nevertheless be debilitating, particularly if the survivor is made to feel inadequate, incapable, and even delusional for a long period of time.

Infidelity

Outside of the relationship, there is serial infidelity or sexual acting out with others. This is a frightful blow to a relationship, and the continuous betrayals destroy the deceived partner emotionally.

Personality Disorder

Your partner suffers from sociopathy, narcissism, or any other personality disorder. These are highly harmful and damaging to families since they frequently include confusing or hurtful actions towards others. It is generally acknowledged that there is no genuine "cure" for these illnesses and that the behaviors are hardcoded into the psyche of the person.

Feeling Inadequate

You feel inadequate in the relationship, and your opinions, ideas, and suggestions do not matter. You believe whatever you do is never good enough for your partner.

Violence or Abuse

Your partner is violent or abusive in some manner, verbally or physically, towards you. Often, verbal violence escalates to physical violence.

Feeling Unattractive

Your partner has a history of making you feel unattractive. Often you go to changing yourself continuously – how you laugh, the way you look or do your hair – for your partner and get their approval.

Loss of Control

Your partner seeks to be in charge of you. They read your email, check your mobile phone, always want to know where you are, open your mail, and snoop through your stuff. They keep calling you simply to keep track of your whereabouts.

Powerlessness

Your partner seeks to make you feel like you are nothing without them or like you are powerless to take care of yourself. They want to make you dependent on them by convincing you not to work or continuing your studies, for example.

Stress or Depression

You continuously experience depression or stress around your relationship, which affects other areas of your life.

Toxic relationships have a cycle. It becomes impossible to get out if you find yourself drawn into this mental black hole. The only way to defend yourself from this kind of relationship is not to stand for it the moment it begins to manifest.