1907: 10 Signs That A Friendship Is Toxic by Cheryl Smith of No Sidebar on How To Surround Yourself With Great People
Sep 26, 2023
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Cheryl Smith, writer and contributor for No Sidebar, discusses 10 signs of toxic friendships, including feeling drained and disrespected. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing these signs and taking action for healthier relationships.
Toxic friendships can leave you feeling anxious, drained, and responsible for the other person's problems.
Assess the way your friendships make you feel to determine toxicity and surround yourself with uplifting and supportive friends.
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Signs of a Toxic Friendship
Feeling anxious, drained, inadequate, responsible for the other person's problems, used, guilty for sharing your own happiness, cheated, belittled, obligated, and abused are all signs of a toxic friendship. These negative feelings indicate that the relationship may be injecting toxins into your life and causing more harm than joy.
Assessing Your Friendships
Assessing the way your friendships make you feel is key in determining their toxicity. If a friendship fills you with dread, leaves you drained of energy, makes you feel inadequate, responsible for the other person's problems, used, guilty, cheated, belittled, obligated, or abused, it may be time to let go. Surround yourself with friends who uplift, support, and value you.
Cheryl Smith with No Sidebar shares 10 signs that a friendship is toxic.
Episode 1907: 10 Signs That A Friendship Is Toxic by Cheryl Smith of No Sidebar on How To Surround Yourself With Great People
No Sidebar was created by Brian Gardner and is all about designing a simpler life. He and the contributing authors want to help you figure out what's getting in your way, at home and at work. They want to help you let go of distractions, online and off--to turn down the noise that disrupts the quiet of your heart and soul.