These are the people who constantly critisise, argue and complain about everything, whether it concerns them or not. The Toxic person uses this negative behaviour to get attention and their lack of social skills causes them to be unable to tell negative attention from positive attention.
Toxic people tend to zone in on the negative side of everything, generally blowing it out of proportion. The negative will often become their obsession. Once this becomes a habit, it becomes progressively harder to see any positivity.
Toxic people generally tend to form cliques of like-minded people that destroy anything positive before it can come to fruition. Jealousy is a prominent core value of toxic people.
Psychologist Martin Seligman showed in his groundbreaking research in positive psychology that people who see the world in a positive light have a long list of advantages, including:
* They live longer
* They’re healthier
* They have more friends and better social lives
* They enjoy life more
* They’re more successful at work
It's essential to cut out toxic influences from your life, even if it's family or loved ones.
If you are toxic, remember this: "Either your toxic emotions are using you, or you’re going to use them. For example, you can either allow your suppressed anger to explode and wreak havoc in your life, or you can harness its inherent power to stand up taller and take on a bigger mission in the world." says Debbie Ford, founder of the Ford Institute.
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