Tag: toxicity
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5 Reasons to Pause Before Reacting to A Rude Person
There’s nothing worse than going about your day when you suddenly interact with a rude person and have a nasty reaction. Such an event is bound to anger you. It might even ruin your whole day. Because people are reactionary, a rude person is bound to elicit a reaction. But reacting immediately won’t help you…
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10 Signs of Chronic Anger (And How to Find Peace)
Dealing with chronic anger can be challenging for you and those in your inner circle. For some people, anger issues are like a subtle, burning furnace in their minds. For many others, it’s an explosion of rants, rage, verbal abuse, and potential violence. Did you know that anger is one of the easiest emotions to…
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20 Signs of Toxic Love in a Relationship
You’ve probably heard about toxic relationships, but do you know how dangerous it is to be in this situation? These relationships involve toxicity–behaviors from one or both parties that are damaging or harmful to one another. When you’re together, you seem to push each other’s buttons, creating toxic love. In some relationships, one person might…
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Counselor Explains the Misuse of the Word Narcissist
The “narcissist” label gets thrown around often in today’s world. We call people narcissists for taking too many selfies or bragging about their latest achievements. However, this detracts from those who have a clinically diagnosable narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Narcissism exists on a spectrum, and some people have higher levels of the trait than others.…
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Psychology Explains How Trauma Creates Mental Illness
Do you suffer from depression, anxiety, or a personality disorder? Have you ever wondered about the origins of this mental illness and if there are links to your past? Traumatic experiences you’ve been through alter your biology, which means it modifies the way you respond to things that happen to you today. Trauma is prevalent…