Relationships

How To Break Up With Your Toxic Friends

Are you starting to feel like your best friend’s emotional punching bag? Do they bring you down, prioritize themselves, expect you to celebrate their successes but never recognize your own? Your “best friend” may not be a healthy influence in your life anymore.

By Anna McGovern4 min read
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Time and time again, we hear about our closest friends feeling trapped in a toxic relationship, too besotted with their partner to recognize the reality of their situation and let them go for good. How about a toxic friendship? Devoid of the romantic aspect, a toxic friendship can be much harder to shift, especially if you consider this person to be your best friend. However, when you recognize yourself in this situation, supporting them with every minor inconvenience in life but never getting that same level of care back – it might be time to put the past behind you, and let them go.