LIFESTYLE NEWS - The type of people you join, socialise, work and live with often determines how you, in turn, think, feel and behave.
Happy, creative, inspiring individuals motivate you to greater heights.
Negative people can sap your energy and consume your time. They also bring stress, strife and pessimism into your life. The danger of association with toxic people is that they gradually erode your shield of positivity.
This results in you becoming toxic without even realising it.
The first safety measure is to be able to identify people who are toxic.
The following are some types of toxic people that you should avoid so that you don’t become influenced by them.
1. The gossipers: Gossipers delight in talking about other people’s misfortunes and mistakes in a demeaning way. They can draw you into their mean world.
2. The temperamental: They have no control over their emotions. They can direct their negative feelings towards you. They can make you feel responsible for their emotions. They can embarrass you in public.
3. The victim: They believe that others are responsible for their fate. They do not see challenges as opportunities for growth. They constantly bemoan their situation.
4. The self-absorbed: When you are with a self-absorbed person, you feel completely alone. They do not have a connection with others but use them to build their self-esteem.
5. The envious: They measure their fortune against the world and therefore do not have inner satisfaction. They are of no benefit to you as they influence you to trivialize your own accomplishments.
6. The manipulator: The manipulator treats you like a friend so that you trust him or her. Their objective is to take from you giving back little or nothing.
7. The dementor: Is a pessimist who puts fear and concern where there is none. They can drain you of hope and energy.
8. The twisted: These are people with evil intentions who get satisfaction from the pain and misery of others. They are out to hurt you.
9. The judgemental: They look down on others and think that they know best. They stifle your passion and creativity.
10. The arrogant: Has false confidence hiding major insecurities. They are disagreeable people who show no appreciation.
Set boundaries with these people so that you remain in control of your own emotions and behaviour.
