How to Remove Toxic People from Your Life? Hey everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will share five ways you can remove toxic people from your life. Have you ever get to a point in your life where you say ‘enough is enough? ‘I don’t want any more drama in my life and just want to live a nice simple life.’
How to Remove Toxic People from Your Life?
Accept Them As They Are
The very first point of this topic is to accept toxic people as they are. Accept the fact that they will never change. They may try to convince you that they can change, or you are the one who can help them change. However, this is not true because Toxic people are only looking out for themselves at the end of the day. Therefore they will do or say anything to cover their tracks. Making excuses, after excuses, lie after lie.
Establish and Maintain Boundaries
Toxic people will go all the way to the moon and back with their negative energy around you if you let them. They will push you to work harder to please them, making you comprise more and more. You have to try to establish boundaries by thinking about what you can take and what you want. Maintain these boundaries by enforcing them when deliberately and rigidly whenever you feel attacked.
Own Your Difficulties and Weaknesses
One of the most common ways toxic people will use against you is by exploiting your difficulties and weaknesses. However, you can stop this by owning your challenges and weaknesses, which will become old news to share with others. That way, toxic people will not be given a chance to make themselves feel better by exploiting you.
Choose Your Battles Carefully
One thing I have learnt about toxic people is that they are always after a fight. Therefore, it is essential for your mental health to not argue with them or waste time and energy. Please do not get involved in conflicts they started or trying to create. Save that energy for something more meaningful and spending time with the people who care about you.
Surround Yourself With Healthy Relationships
Stay close in contact with people who make you feel safe, cherished and happy will despair Toxic people. They will get jealous and try to win back. Do not let them. They are trying to stop you from being comfortable means they do not have good intentions for you.
Knowing Who To Cut Off and Who To Be Patient With Is The Best Thing Ever
I hope you enjoy that post. We all have toxic people in our lives. Whether it’s in our family, at work, school, or even our circle of friends. As single parent, we have a lot on our plate. To see through life healthy and happy, we need to be supported by positive energy around us. That way, we can take control of our lives and the people around us.
I hope you enjoyed that.
Talk soon
12 Comments
Diana
I definitely have had to do this before. It’s hard to do but critical for mental health.
Kristen
Such very helpful tips! Setting boundaries is key for everyone’s mental health.
Monica
This can definitely be hard. I like the idea of just accepting that this is the way they are and to set boundaries.
Abby
These are such helpful points. I especially like the one about owning your own weaknesses. Thank you for sharing.
Jennifer Maune
This is a great topic. Having toxic people in your life can definitely affect your well-being. Knowing the signs and knowing how to avoid these types of people is crucial!
-Jennifer
Rikki Ridgeway
It was hard for me in the beginning, but removing the toxic and negative people from my life was the best thing I’ve done for myself in a long time.
Ala
yeah, it is so important to have the right people in your life, you cherish you and help you.
Cyndi Buchanan
This is such a hard thing to do. Especially when those toxic people are family.
Adriane
Yes! To surrounding yourself by positive people. I had a coworker who was incredibly toxic. By nature, I want to help those people but it was really hard on me emotionally so instead, I did what you said and created some healthy boundaries…and prayed for her 🙂
Kim
Such great advice, but it’s definitely hard to do!
Shayla
I’ve had to do this a couple times. Not easy but so necessary. In the end stepping away from toxic people is the best decision ever.
better editor
If you do not like someone, you can just stop communicating with this person. But do it very accurately and unnoticeably.