Toxic Friendship - People Who Manipulate and Steal Your Happiness

Some people help too much, out of kindness, or because they have been taught so. Those who do this are too selfless and can be manipulated by toxic people, by those false friends, of interest. This process of doing too much good leads to a loss of confidence, self-esteem, and frustrations that affect health.

Only after they have nothing to offer, do such people realize where they went wrong, because they ended up being abandoned by so-called friends, who were only of interest.

How to recognize a toxic friend

A friendly relationship must be balanced, bring you joy, be based on a mutual feeling of affection and sympathy between the two people, and its bases must be: mutual attachment, goodwill, mutual help, understanding, and listening.

What kind of relationship is that based on jealousy, envy, guilt, quarrels, etc. Such a malicious and painful relationship is by no means a healthy one, it is a toxic friendship.

Frequent quarrels

Frequent quarrels and criticism show that the friend is an enemy. If a friendship arouses frustration, anxiety, and malaise, it is clear that it is something toxic that must be avoided. Criticism, dissatisfaction, exaggeration, and theatrical manifestations often come from toxic people who are not true friends.

A friend who always talks only about himself and does not pay attention to other people is an unbalanced man, and friendship in this case is not based on reciprocity.

A toxic friend feeds on your energy like a vampire

Such a friend drains you of energy and gives you a state of fatigue, exhaustion, and headaches. It's about the so-called emotional vampire, who has an attitude and behavior that benefits other people to make him feel good, and then, he doesn't care if it spoils those people's well-being.

Such toxic people feed on the energies of their friends, their vitality to satisfy their desires. They do not offer anything in return for what they receive, nor are they grateful, on the contrary, they are also critical and dissatisfied.

Insists and manipulators

Toxic and manipulative friends pretend, sneak under the skin, are insistent, and when you ask them for help they run away, say they can't, don't know, or are very busy. Such friends leave you when you need help and in addition, they gossip and enjoy the harm of you and other people around you.

They have the talent to take your energy and spoil your zest for life, and in addition, they go unnoticed after ruining your confidence, self-esteem, and relationship.

You feel that something is wrong, reciprocity is missing

Friendship should be fair, sincere, balanced. If you lack reciprocity, emotional support, empathy, then you better give up friends. A friend who takes advantage, who asks for and takes more, every day and offers nothing, is toxic.

In this situation, an imbalance is created and this is felt, although the one who takes advantage is full of satisfaction and pretends not to see. Therefore, you will certainly not like such a toxic friend, and the quality of the connection between you will deteriorate. The person who feels manipulated will wonder if it is worth wasting time with such a friendship if he has not already invested too much time, energy, and effort in a friendship that was not worthwhile and that is a toxic one.

Lack of trust in friendship

Many people expect their friends to be like them, no matter what. They end up being disappointed by false, toxic friends who act inappropriately, who manipulate to fool. When it happens once, you can ignore and forget, but when it happens repeatedly, it can be a toxic friendship.

If such disappointing situations arise, it is possible to create a lack of trust, which will show that the friendship is not as strong and sincere as it was thought. Feelings of sadness and disappointment intensify as you find that this friend continues to misbehave: gossip or divulge personal information, is jealous, manipulative, profiteering, and so on.

A friend who does not empathize with you and who repeatedly talks to you is by no means a true friend.

What to do when you have a toxic friend

How can a toxic friendship be remedied? This is not possible or in any case very difficult. Most of the time, it's useless to talk, to explain, and to change a person like that, it's practically impossible.

Psychologists say that a toxic person cannot be changed because he does not have the necessary skills to listen and observe, to understand that he has a behavior that needs to be corrected. In general, such people never feel guilty, they have a habit of blaming those around them for everything they do, for what they do wrong, and what happens to them in life.

True friends are the ones who support you, help you, evolve, grow as people and make you happy, feel-good every time.

Toxic friends rob you of your well-being and happiness, they only look for you when they need you, when they want to take advantage of something, they just call you to ask for something or to find out news to discuss.

Honesty is a very rare feature today. If you have a friend who always hurts you and is harmful, or who always complains about getting rid of bad energy, then you better avoid him because he is a negative person, who will take your energy, like an emotional vampire.

Such a friend, through his behavior, will only spoil your condition and steal your well-being and happiness in life.