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According to WebMD.com:
| “ | If you know someone who’s difficult and causes a lot of conflict in your life, you may be dealing with a toxic person. These people can create lots of stress and unpleasantness for you and others, not to mention emotional or even physical pain.
A toxic person is anyone whose behavior adds negativity and upset to your life. Many times, people who are toxic are dealing with their own stresses and traumas. To do this, they act in ways that don’t present them in the best light and usually upset others along the way. Toxicity in people isn’t considered a mental disorder. But there could be underlying mental problems that cause someone to act in toxic ways, including a personality disorder.[1] |
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Symptoms of a toxic person
Symptoms of a toxic person are:[2][3][4]
1. Inconsistent behavior
2. They always need your attention
3. They are narcissistic
4. There is always drama
5. They lack empathy and are mean.
6. They don’t respect your boundaries
7. They manipulate others for what they want
8. They’ll make you prove yourself to them
9. They never apologise.
10. They’ll bring irrelevant detail into a conversation as a means of distraction and avoidance
11. They exaggerate. For example, they may frequently use the term "You always" or "You never"
12. They abuse substances
Strategies on dealing with a toxic person
The 3 most common strategies for dealing with toxic people are:[5][6]
1. Confront them[7]
2. Set stricter boundaries. For example, let them know that you will not tolerate their attempts to create drama.
3. Cut them out of your life[8]
Journal articles
- Identifying components of type-A behaviour: “toxic” and “non-toxic” achieving, Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 28, Issue 6, 1 June 2000, Pages 1093-1105
- Avoiding a "toxic" organization, Nursing Management, 01 May 1998, 29(5):32-33, PMID: 9807410
- The "toxic" personality in pathology: An opinion by Saul Suster. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 2023 Apr;63:152106. doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2023.152106.
The effect of toxic leadership in the military and civilian sectors
- The Effect of Toxic Leadership by Lieutenant Colonel Darrell W. Aubrey, United States Army
References
- ↑ Signs of a Toxic Person, WebMD.com
- ↑ Signs of a Toxic Person, WebMD.com
- ↑ Toxic People: 12 Things They Do and How to Deal with Them by the psychologist Karen Young
- ↑ What to Know About People with Toxic Traits, PsychCentral.com
- ↑ Signs of a Toxic Person, WebMD.com
- ↑ Addressing toxic personality traits from the book The Ethics of Interpersonal Relationships By Robert W. Firestone and Joyce Catlett, 1st Edition 2009, Routledge, ISBN9780429481666, Page 24, eBook
- ↑ "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother." Mathew 18:15
- ↑ This "scientific" recommendation actually is anti-biblical. 2 Corinthians 2:5-8 states: "Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it. The punishment imposed on him by the majority is sufficient for him. So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him."
