How to spot a toxic person?

Toxic people are all around the world. They are at your workplace, in cafes, in your family or just waiting eagerly to havoc your life. Toxic people act like a poison. They do not help to enrich your career or life. One of the difficult challenges of our life is to deal with such people. If you are familiar with the characteristic traits of a toxic person, you can easily identify them. By preparing strategies to handle such people, you can minimize the damage. In fact, you might come across such toxic persons in your life too. A difficult neighbor, colleagues or a member of your family who makes you feel bad about yourself when you speak or see them. Are you in a dilemma on how to identify a toxic person? Do not worry.

Here, I am going to share some awesome tips to identify toxic people.

1. They are selfish

Toxic people rarely bother about others. They do not put any efforts in understanding others. They are much interested in speaking for hours about themselves. They do not give you any chance for you to speak about yourself. That is the meaning of a conversation in their point of view. They do not consider your feelings. They care only for their feelings and their needs. They may try to influence you to ensure their needs are delivered. They often criticize you. They urge you to change your plans for completing their tasks. At workplaces, a toxic person tries to prevent you from getting promoted. They try to control you. If you identify such toxic person, you can do your best to minimize the damage.

2. They argue until you get exhausted

Toxic people never give up an argument. Even if they are wrong, they want to continue the argument until they win. They can even take the issues to legal systems. So, when you come across a toxic person, be prepared to face such issues. Toxic people do not wish to fail. They argue until you are exhausted and give up the issue. They are least bothered about your beliefs, thoughts, and feelings. They are only concerned about what they believe. They are ready to misdirect or lie for quenching their thirst for winning. They may waste their time and your time often for trivial matters.

3. They are vague

Toxic people are not straightforward. They thrive towards attention. Hence, they create a drama and lie. They try to find control in weakening others. They try to twist, muddle and tilt the truth. They make use of this tactic to hide their deficiencies. They are also well-aware of manipulating situations for gaining the advantage. They try to sabotage who comes in their way. Toxic person converts a simple project into the complicated project. They change the subject whenever you question them on anything. If you come across such persons, make sure to handle them with proper strategies.

4. They are nice to those who serve them

Toxic people may be flattering or lovely. If they want some help from you, they act lovely and charming. If you are useful to them, they treat you with respect. To identify a real character of people, try to watch how they handle other people who are not useful to them. Toxic people behave friendly only with those who are useful to them. If you are not useful, they may not think of you at all.

5. They like to create drama

Toxic people like to be bounded by drama. They see only negative things from their experiences. Whenever you meet them, they share only such negative experiences. They do not share any happier and positive things with you. They enjoy the sympathy and attention they get by sharing their negative experiences. They tend to over dramatize the situation for getting required attention. If you spend much time with such people, you might lose optimism towards your life.

6. They are liars

Toxic people are great liars. In a relationship, it is very difficult to handle such kind of people. If a trust is broken, a relationship cannot be successful. Constant doubts arise on the words of such people. It is very unfortunate to invite a toxic person into your life. Major lies or little falsehoods of toxic people make it difficult to take forward the relationship.

7. They are Jealous

Toxic people are jealous. This nature is the result of self-hate. They express jealous in the form of gossip, criticism or judgment. Toxic people feel that people around them are uncool, awful and lacking in some skill. When they start jealous gossip, be cautious. They might also say something related to you behind your back.

You have all the rights to lead a happier and peaceful life. Why make it complicated by inviting toxic people in your life. Life is too short to deal with toxic people. Life should be full of supporting, loving and wonderful people. Did you like this article? Share this with your loved ones.