Relationships can be of many kinds. Whether it's romantic love or the relationship between parents and children. However, every relationship has a foundation. And that is love, respect, and mutual understanding. Relationships stand on this foundation. But sometimes relationships reach to a point where there is more mental stress than happiness. Such relationships can even gradually become a cause of mental depression. How do you understand that your relationship is also turning toxic? That it becoming poisonous?
If you repeatedly feel that you are responsible for any problem between you two, even when you are not at fault, then this is a major sign of a toxic relationship. This kind of mental pressure gradually destroys self-respect. When such pressure comes from your partner, you must understand that you are with the wrong person.
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If your partner constantly questions your phone, social media, or relationships with friends, then this is not love—it's an attempt to control. Lack of trust is one of the main causes of toxic relationships.
Shouting, insults, mockery, or mental suppression—all are signs of mental abuse. A good relationship never keeps you in fear or shame. It will not make fun of you. Having fun and disrespecting are not the same thing. Learn to understand that.
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If all efforts to maintain the relationship are made only by you—messaging, meeting, understanding—then understand that there is no balance left in the relationship. It takes two hands to clap. Good relationships are always built from both sides. A relationship never survives on one person's effort alone.
If you see that you are gradually losing your preferences, friendships, hobbies, or opinions just to keep your partner happy, then the relationship is no longer healthy. Loving someone or an adjustment doesn't mean forgetting yourself. It's better not to stay in a relationship that doesn't keep you well. Remember, if you are not well yourself, you cannot keep others well either.
