From women looking for love in Paris to Men seeking men Niagara - everyone has met the toxic type of people at least once in their lives. The first thought is that it is worth limiting communication with such people as soon as possible, but what if these are your colleagues, relatives or even loved ones? 

What you should pay attention to when working with such people and what to do if you find signs of toxic behavior in yourself?

Who are toxic people?

Hope you’re not fed up with the word “toxicity” that seems to have successfully invaded the internet recently. 

In general when we are talking about toxic people, we refer to those with whom relationships are never easy and carefree. Communication with such people gives us stress and negative emotions more often than normal. 

It might be that everything was fine, you were in a great mood and came to support someone, or on the contrary to get support, but left feeling stressed out, sad, and with sucked out energy.

This happens because toxic people are people whose whole world revolves around their problems or their bad mood. If they are angry or disappointed with something, then it is better to not bother them, otherwise you will be intoxicated with this negativity as well.

Ways to deal with toxic people 

Keep the distance

The most important advice here is to keep emotional distance from such person and control your own emotions as well, preferably sticking to neutral manner of communication. For instance, if you notice that your friend loves complaining to you about everything and even about minor inconveniences, make sure you don’t get bogged down in her problems and are not affected by her negative emotional state too much. Moreover, try to set the boundaries of what is not comfortable for you and carefully monitor your inner state.

Be frank 

When dealing with toxic people, you can openly say what exactly does not suit you, in this case - either the person will begin to change his behavior for the better, or he will stop communicating with you. Since toxic people are great at manipulating, you need to make it clear that you can stand up for yourself.