7 Signs You're In A Toxic Relationship
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Loading... - Stephanie Shaw
- 12 Apr 2022
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While you’re in a relationship it’s easy to get blinded by love. While we’re not perfect, we can do better by setting boundaries and learning what is healthy versus what is unhealthy. You may not even know you’re in a toxic relationship but here are seven signs of one!
Lack Of Trust
The first sign of a toxic relationship is a lack of trust. Trust issues are a common thing a lot of people deal with. Wether it be from a past relationship or issues with friends. Some people don’t even have a past with trust issues. Trust issues can come from anything really, a big thing that brings issues with trust now a days is social media. Sadly cheating has become way more common, and a lot of people expose their partners online, which others see and get in their heads about there own relationship.
However, some people create their own trust issues for example being insecure of having a lack of confidence can lead to it. If you don’t believe you attractive, you will instill worries that your partner will leave you for someone better looking. To some extent, we all have trust issues, and it’s understandable, however too much of it is unhealthy.
If you find yourself in a relationship with a partner who has trust issues… be careful. Like I said, we all have some type of trust issues, but it can become toxic very quickly without you realizing. You might find yourself in situations where your partner questions everything you do. For example, a night out with the girls becomes you focusing on answering thousands of texts minute by minute to calm their nerves.
You might wonder why making your partner feel more comfortable when their stressed like this is an issue. Yes, of course you want to make sure your partner feels secure, but if this is constant then it’s taking away from your night out and you won’t enjoy yourself. If you’ve done nothing to loose their trust it’s not your responsibility to fix it.
Controlling Actions
When you’re in a relationship, it’s supposed to be 50/50, not 100/0. Yes you might have found your person, but you are still your own person. You decide where you want to go, what you want to eat, or what you want to wear. Or do you? Is your partner making these decision for you without you realizing?
You might stop wearing certain clothes because your partner doesn’t like you wearing it. You might be going to the gym because your partner made a comment about you needing to loose weight. It might be hard to spot but these are controlling actions. Your partner, just like you, is their own person. They are in control on themselves, and nobody else, not even you.
Constant Fighting
When you’re dating someone, you’re most likely to spend more time with them than others. So bickering is something that is bound to happen. Take your family for example, when you’re around someone almost 24/7 of course you’re going to fight. No relationship is perfect, and if it seems like that… they’re lying to you.
No one likes fighting of course, but it’s normal. However, too much fighting is a big red flag and a sign of a toxic relationship. If you find your partner constantly picking fights out of every little thing…run. No, seriously. If not controlled, little arguments can lead to big ones and big ones can lead to physical ones. And you might end up finding yourself in an abusive relationship.
I know it seems far fetched but it’s true. An abusive relationships don’t always start off with laying hands on each other and screaming at each other. Most start verbally such as this constant fighting.
