7 Signs of a Toxic vs Healthy Relationship

7 Signs of a Toxic Relationship (vs What's Healthy)

Learn how to identify a toxic relationship by understanding these 7 signs of a toxic relationship. Plus learn the healthy behavior for each toxic behavior.

Healing a toxic relationship isn't always possible but if they are accountable and willing to seek help, that's a good sign. Otherwise, when they continue to blame and gaslight you, it's time to take care of yourself first.

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Time stamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Your feelings don't matter to the toxic person
01:00 The relationship revolves around one person's needs
01:59 You experience frequent gaslighting in relationship
03:29 Your partner tried to limit your time with family and friends
04:31 There is a pattern of blame and shame that gets worse over time
05:36 Your partner doesn't feel empathy when you're hurting
07:51 Convincing them to get help is NOT a good sign
08:12 You need to change for your partner to be happy
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09:25 List of healthy behaviors

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Michelle is a psychotherapist, codependency expert, and anger management, specialist. She’s been featured in The Daily Positive, BossMom, Psych Central, The Good Men Project, and Your Tango just to name a few. Her relationship recovery helps people go from relationships that don’t serve them, to learning how to trust themselves and create mutually satisfying connections that work. Michelle loves creating online products and courses on relationship skills, codependency recovery, anger management, conflict resolution, self-esteem, and self-trust.