17 Signs You Are In A Toxic Relationship And Need To Move Out

A good relationship is characterized with secured feeling, happiness within, feels cared for, respected, trusted, desired and free to be yourself. No relationship is perfect but must have a relative measure of the above.

Read The Negative Effect Of A Toxic Relationship

On the other hand are toxic relationships. They keep draining you inside out. In every of our relationships, the last thing we need is a toxic one.

These signs will help you recognize a toxic relationship

1. Unending narcissism

If your partners’ interest in the relationship is totally on him or herself, it will be extremely difficult to achieve balance in the relationship. Relationship gets healthier daily when there is point of balance.

2. Feeling drained or exhausted

Healthy relationships often yield productivity. If you always feel drained emotionally, physically and or mentally, it is a sign you are in a toxic relationship and this is if it is caused by your partners behavior.

3. Judgmental

In judgmental relationships, criticism is not intended to be helpful but rather to belittle. When every of your actions are meant with all form of judgment, that relationship is questionable.

4. Lack of trust

A relationship with no trust has no future. It is like erecting a house on shallow foundation. It is going to come crumbling sooner than expected.

5. Unreliability

Reliability on your partner is very important. Trust is built on mutual reliability and it is at the center of any good relationship.

6. Lack of communication

Without communication, there is no trust. And without trust, there is no relationship. The place of good communication in a relationship cannot be overemphasized. In toxic relationship, there is always break in communication.

7. Hostility

Constant anger is a surefire sign of an unhealthy relationship. You should never be around hostility because it makes you feel unsafe and makes you live in constant fear. Not knowing what your actions will result to.

8. Negative energy

It is impossible for anything constructive to come out of a relationship engulfed with negativity.

9. Disrespect

Respect is a necessity for a good partnership and if yours lack this, you should have a rethink.

10. Avoidance

What’s the point being in a relationship and you keep avoiding yourselves. This point to the fact the relationship is sick.

11. Insufficient support

A good relationship is not an island. We all need support at what we do. If you don’t get any form of support from your partner, that tells you all.

12. Unending Self-betrayal

Sacrifices and compromises are necessary if and only if the relationship is heading somewhere. If you find yourself changing your views to please someone else, you're in a harmful relationship

13. Perpetual control issues

If your partner is a control freak, then you cannot express yourself in the relationship. It is like waiting for the next command before you can get anything done. You have to explain everything you do in detail. Dear, that is not healthy.

14. Feelings of worthlessness

Toxic relationship makes you feel worthless. They make you feel used and leave you feeling you don't deserve any better.

15. Envy

A toxic relationship is filled with jealousy. A partner is more successful, and the other gets jealous. Is your partner jealous of your success?

Read 11 Signs Someone Is Jealous Of Your Relationship

16. Unhappy

If your partner consciously and constantly makes you unhappy, you owe it to yourself to let that person go. You deserve to be happy.

Read Keys To Happiness In Relationships

17. Cut in standards

Toxic relationships have a way of playing us down. It changes on state of mind if not realized on time thereby causing us to slowly gradually take down our high standard.

Relationships are important, and a toxic relationship can cause a lasting damage to your emotions, it can affect you psychologically and even your health is at risk. Good relationships improve your life; they don't make it miserable.

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