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7 Costly Mistakes To Avoid When Dealing With A Toxic Person
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Dealing with a toxic person can be challenging and overwhelming.
If you have a toxic person in your life, whether as relative, friend, or co-worker, there are mistakes you should avoid to avoid being sucked into their web of drama and bitterness.
Here are seven costly mistakes you need to avoid:
Trying to Convince Yourself That Their Toxicity Is Temporary
One of the most common, yet least recognized, mistakes is convincing yourself that the toxic person is just “going through a rough patch.”
You downplay the situation by telling yourself that the toxic person “isn’t really like this,” or “This is just a phase, or, They’ll grow out of it.”
Most people do this a lot.
When they’re dealing with an obviously toxic person, they try to attribute their behaviors to stress, a bad day, or some external circumstance that they can wait out.
Look, toxic people operate from a fixed mindset and their behaviors are rarely temporary.
Nothing they do is tide to a moment. It’s all tied to a deeply engrained pattern the person has no intention of addressing.
