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mental health content to more people out there. - [Narrator] Hey Psych2Goers. Thank you so much for your support. How do the people around
you make you feel? Are you truly happy in life right now? Having a loving and caring
family, partner, and friends is important to keep you
happy and fulfilled in life. However, like anything in life, it's impossible to have
only the good things without experiencing the bad things, and having bad and toxic friends has always been a very common occurrence. Toxic relationships can be very damaging for your overall wellbeing, so it's very important to cut
the toxic relationships off as soon as possible. With this in mind, here
are five types of people you should stop being friends with. One, the friend who
always needs something. Does your friend only ever talk to you when he or she needs something? This is a very telling sign that you have a toxic
relationship with that person. Don't get this wrong. It's okay to need things from your friends from time to time, but a friend who is constantly
asking for things from you, be it money, class notes, or a ride without giving anything
back is certainly someone who will not contribute to your happiness. True friendships involve mutual interest and not one person just
taking from the other. Additionally, people tend to change their relationship priorities at different times in their lives, and it's normal for your friends
to have less time for you when they start working
on a personal project or when they find a partner. What's not okay is only looking for you when they need something, and then giving you zero
priority and disappearing once they get what they want. That only shows that rather
than being interested in you, they only see you as someone
who they can take from. So, cutting these people out of your life will allow you to spend
more time and effort on people who are actually interested. Two, the friend who gaslights you. Have you ever had a friend
who constantly blames you whenever something bad
happens in the relationship? If the answer is yes, you might need to consider that your friend is gaslighting you. Gaslighting refers to the
act of manipulating a person to question their thoughts, memories, and things happening around them. Make sure that you compare
what your friend is saying with the way they act. For example, if your friend
says that they care for you after blaming you, but
treats you very badly, chances are that they are only
saying that they care for you as a way to gaslight you. Three, the friend who
never reaches out to you. Do you feel like you are the one doing everything in a
friendship to maintain it? Are you always the one
who has to make the plans to meet with your friend? A very common trait of a toxic friendship is a one-sided investment
of time and effort. If and when they decide
to answer your text, they also make you feel
like are doing you a favor. If you can relate to that situation, then it might be a good idea to find a way out of the relationship. Being in a friendship where
you have to do everything and then they make you feel like they're doing you a favor
can be very exhausting and make you feel underappreciated. Four, the friend who always
talks about themselves. Keeping a balance in relationships can be considered impossible. So accepting that some things
will be unfair in friendships is very common. However, do you feel
like your conversations with your friend always
end up being about them, even when you talk to them about a problem that you're having, they turn it around so that the conversation
ends up being about them? You might be looking for someone whom you can vent your problems to, only to find yourself being the one listening to your friend's problem. Having this kind of
friend can be frustrating since you will feel like
you can not rely on them or tell them anything while you always have to give
them your time and attention. Five, the friend who
always talks down on you. Do you feel like friend
constantly says things to put you down or make you feel inferior? If the answer is yes,
then the best you can do is stop being friends with that person. It's normal to feel like
you are not in a place that you wish to be when one of your friends gets a promotion or has achieved something you have not. After all, this feeling is one of the main driving
forces for success. However, it's completely different if your friend is the one who comes to you and brags about their promotion with the intent of making you
feel like you are inferior. You are better off with no
friends than with friends who enjoy making you
feel inferior constantly. If any of the situations addressed above sound familiar to you, then reevaluating who you
should truly consider a friend and reorganizing your
priorities is the way to go. After all, you wouldn't want to be investing most of your time and effort into nourishing a toxic friendship that will only negatively
affect your overall wellbeing. We hope we were able to give you insight into how some people are
just not your friends at all. Do any of these describe your experience? How did you find out? Leave a comment down below
about your encounters with them if you'd like. Please feel free to share any
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