The toxic person and how to get them out of your life.
There is no case in our professional, social, or family environment that we have not encountered
or associate with “toxic” people.
People who cause us negativity, who drain our energy and strength, who cause us anger and upset.
The toxic person is almost everywhere, you just have to spot it in time.
Let’s analyse the toxic atom.
The toxic person is the person who very manipulative uses and manipulates others in order to achieve the goal
and its aspirations.
So no mention of how they feel and what the needs of others are. Zero empathy.
The attachment is as strong as a leech, the interference in the lives of others is in an underground way,
that most of the time you don’t realize.
Moreover, they live parasitically, sucking up everything positive and turning it into negative.
Before describing the characteristic behaviours of these individuals, we will once again mention
to the causes that make these people toxic, thus these are none other than insecurity, total lack of self-esteem
and the inferiority complex.
Their main characteristics.
Toxic people are those from whom we will never hear a good word or reward. They will always focus on the negative.
Even if something is good they have to emphatically say that it could have been better by downplaying the effort.
They are never wrong, they are never responsible for something that went wrong.
They always blame others, making a bunch of excuses and of course since they don’t take responsibility, apology is an unknown word.
If you ever try to talk to them about your own problems or needs, you are sure to hit a wall.
All they care about is themselves.
The only time they are with their ears open is to shout and hurt people.
Gossip is another of their strong characteristics.
Their preoccupation is with others and not with themselves.
If the toxic person feels threatened and that he cannot achieve his goal, he is capable of using verbal and psychological violence.
Have you heard of “drama queen” people?
That’s another of their characteristics.
They dramatize, exaggerate and act out events and situations with great skill.
So for the time being!!!!
How do we deal with or remove such a person from our lives?
If it belongs to our wider social context, things are easier. You just slowly walk away.
If you belong to a closer circle we will have to weigh our options.
We should seriously look at what such a person brings to our lives.
The people who love us and deserve us are the ones who make us move forward,
make us happy, are useful and beneficial to us.
Toxic people fill us with guilt, anger, misery and negativity.
What is the price of keeping them in our lives?
Is it really worth it?
And no, it’s not just one person among so many others…
Let me remind you of the apt analogy of the sack of potatoes.
All it takes is a single rotten potato in a bag of fresh ones to quickly and effectively rot all the others.
P.S. I can’t thank my friend Apostolia Sklavou for her valuable help in my writing.
Yours sincerely,
Elizabeth Makri.
