About Toxic Relationships

All taking and no giving, and the toxic one tries to justify wanting your love while giving nothing in return. You would think that simple insight would tell the toxic one that they have more to gain if they give love in return, because more would be there, and love breeds love.

Toxic people are parasites. What other hypothesis fits? What reason would anyone have to be toxic? There are other ways to gain some else’s resources and energy, but none of those are toxic. The term “toxic” in this context includes being threatening or shaming people. It also includes deceit. Shaming is…