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Have you ever found yourself in a situation where someone was acting inappropriate, but no one besides you didn’t seem to notice? And you didn’t say anything just because you felt as if it would just make everything worse? This TikTok user @nayaaford asked her followers to share what is something that people find normal or even idealised when it is an example of toxic behaviour. In her video that has 49.6k likes and almost 3.5k comments, she pointed out that one of the examples of toxic behaviour is wanting a “significant other” who is unfriendly and even mean to other people just because this would mean that they are not going to cheat.

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#1

Minimizing your own experience by saying “others have it way worse than you”. No. My feelings are valid regardless of how worse it could be.

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Pezor Zass
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4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a balance here, though; you need to feel like your feelings are valid, but you also need perspective. too much either way is bad.

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It encouraged more people to share their examples of toxic behaviour in the comment section: overprotected partners who end up being control freaks, covering early abuse signs with “if someone is mean to you, it means they like you”, or blaming one’s bad behaviours or lack of responsibility to their zodiac sign. This endless list shows some ridiculous as well as serious problems that society faces but not really takes into consideration, instead they are simply normalised.

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    #2

    Telling little girls "if hes being mean to you it means he likes you"... no.. just no

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    #3

    Giving men glory for doing all the normal things women do..ie: cleaning, cooking, caring for their own kids, grocery shopping, etc

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    kennedy1209
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I realize I am in the minority here - But I actually hate that it is assumed that my wife does all of those things and gets all the glory, when I am the one who does them all.

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    The virality of the video and the number of comments of this TikTok video showed that people are actually aware of these toxic behaviours. But why then people get along with these situations? Most of them occur in the family and groups of friends. So not saying to your family member or a close friend that they are being unreasonable saves you from a fight that at first seems unnecessary because these people are close to you, so why would they want bad things for you?

    #4

    People bragging that they are “brutally honest”. You can be honest without being Brutal.

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    Thorfin Wolfsbane
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    most of the time, they just want to be brutal. the honesty is just coincidental

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    #5

    Don't come at me but moms who excessively drink wine to put up with their kids. you'll never convince me it's ok .

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    #6

    OCD. It's not trendy it's an illness.

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    Later all these saved fights turn little annoying behaviours into normalised habits: spitting something upsetting and then calling yourself “brutally honest”, being abusive towards your son’s/daughter’s partner, or spreading toxic positivity when clearly this is not the way to solve an occurring problem.

    Do you also find some other things that people say or do to be toxic, or maybe you know an effective way on how to stop this kind of behaviour? Share your thoughts in the comments!

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    #7

    Giving money to homeless on YouTube. Toxic. You don't need other people to see you doing charitable things for it to be worth doing.

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    Marianne
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also think about the people on the receiving end who probably don't want to be on some stranger's social media while they are in a bad place in their lives.

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    #8

    Toxic positivity... let people feel

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    Thorfin Wolfsbane
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    people who are upbeat and positive all the time tend to irritate me

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    #9

    They use their zodiac sign to justify their actions and anger issues.

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    Marianne
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who does that? I'm a Scorpio and I am so annoyed by all the negative prejudices. No, I am not a psychopath because I was born in November and I am certainly not going to make anyone believe that this is a thing.

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    #10

    Adhd- just because you were late a few times and got distracted by your friends in class doesn't mean you have it. It's not fun and quirky.

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    Bird lover
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    YES don't just self-diagnose because you daydream. Tell me once a professional diagnoses you bitch

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    #11

    Being each other's “everything”. Nah y'all both need lives, family, and friends

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    #Facts. Sure you want to spend time with each other but you also have lives outside of it. I don't mean to ignore your partner either btw.

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    #12

    "Push yourself till it hurts” when it comes to work, school, physical activities. I don't get paid enough to go over my physical limits.

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    #13

    Treating trauma/traumatic events as a competition.

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    #14

    When the current gfs hate their boyfriends ex's for no other reason but the fact they dated him.

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    Kateryna
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or exes who hate the current partner of their ex-partner for the same reason

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    #15

    Mother in law's being abusive towards their son mates it's normal in so many cultures and it's NEVER OKAY

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    Ambar
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    let me tell you, my mother is getting married to her boyfriend and he has met my grandmother and she is NOT abusive nor is my mom's boyfriend's mom abusive to her as far as I know. this needs to stop since it puts a bad name of MIL

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    #16

    Men not taking care of their children because they have a new woman in their life

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    Esther (she/her)
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just bc it’s a kid doesn’t mean it’s less important

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    #17

    The whole “respect your elders” where I agree, you should show respect but there is a lot of disrespectful elderly and people in general who don't

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    Marianne
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I generally try to show respect to every person I meet until they give me reason to stop respecting them.

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    #18

    But we got a baby together so we gotta stay together

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    Marianne
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids might prefer divorced parents to a home where fights and anger are a daily issue.

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    #19

    Overprotective partners - your partner should trust your judgment enough to let you stand up for yourself or ask for their help when it's needed

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    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many romantic movies do this and it irritates me. So many creepy or abusive actions or traits are seen as romantic in movies because the love interest is physically attractive. Just stop....

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    #20

    Hustle culture for me. Would rather have a good paying 9-5 than 3 entrepreneural "hustles"

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Hustle" has just become so overused and watered down. What they don't show you is 95% of those "hustlers" have financial support outside of the hustle.

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    #21

    People romanticise "being crazy" in relationships. "Yeah she's so crazy, she deleted every girl off my Facebook, she's so crazy I love her though

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    #22

    Friendzoning! setting boundaries in friendships should be okay. no one owes you getting into a relationship

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    anarkzie
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is weird. The Friend Zone just means that someone you like doesn't like you back, it will happen to every adult at some point in their life, it has nothing to do with being owed something.

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    #23

    Going through your partners phone

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    cookie panda
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is actually rlly disrespectful and disgusting. m8, if they let you use their phone its bc they trust you. don't exploit that.

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    #24

    Possessive partners

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    denzoren
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am assuming they mean a partner that wants to know exactly what you're doing every second of the day and want you to be with them 24/7....I'm assuming.

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    #25

    The ‘psycho' girlfriend. There's a difference between boundaries and control/abuse

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    Shafia Mallik
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    who else thought of "oh she's sweet but a psycho"

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    #26

    The concept of forgiveness nowadays is just "oh yeah they hurt you and u prob have trauma u will deal with forever but just forgive and move on" um no

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    beavis
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah like my ex friends beat me up ( I had bruises) I got horrible anxiety that they would stab me while I was outside bc my mum asked me to go to the store, after the weekend one of them ( didn't even apologise) asked if we could be friends again and I said no bc they beat me caused me pain and anxiety and made me scared to go outside

    lara
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have no reason to be friends with that person ever again. Shunning them is you gaining control over your life.

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    GirlFriday
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a different understanding of forgiveness. To me, if I forgive a person that means that I am letting what ever transpired go and I am not going to waste my time or energy on it any longer. I forgive them for whatever. Now, does that mean that I am going to let them back into my life to do it again or to hurt me in another way? Absolutely not. Forgiveness is for me and my peace of mind, not for them. Screw them.

    iblowsheep
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    forgiveness , or at least what most people think it means, is bullshit. all you have to do is get to the point where you don't want to get revenge on the person, and it doesn't consume you. giving the person a pardon on their behavior has nothing to do with it. Forgiveness is for you, not them.

    AG
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! So many people equate not forgiving someone with obsessing over what they did to you. That's not it at all. Just because someone doesn't forgive you doesn't mean they are obsessing over you, you may not cross their minds at all anymore.

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    bxttery_bxby
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. Okay so, my father was super abusive, and when my mom finally divorced him she kept trying to make me get over all the PTSD and anxiety and anger that I feel towards him. I told her no, because it's my right to have these feelings. These feelings are valid.

    Leo Domitrix
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are correct. My dad died and I was sadder for what he wasn't than for anything eh *was* to me, but people still thiink I should get stars in my eyes b/c he was my dad. Nope. He tried to kill me once (at least once), so, yeah, no, my PTSD is legit, so is yours! Your mom's guilt (and it sounds like she wants you better so she gets to not feel guilt, IMHO) is HER problem. (PS: I may sound know-it-all, but I co-lead a PTSD peer support group, and that's the first thing I thought based on tales told in group.)

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    Easily Excitable Panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forgiveness requires repentance by the perpetrator. Otherwise, it's pointless.

    Virgil Blue
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This. As long as the cause has no remorse I feel no need to forgive them.

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    Spring Fisk
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forgiveness helps us let go of the destructive cancer of hate, it does not take away the consequence of their actions

    Hollysmom
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not how true forgiveness works

    panda_legerdemain
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is my husband justifying his mother’s ill actions towards me.. he constantly tells me to be progressive and move on..

    Susan Widomski
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Treat others as you want to be treated. A saying as old as time and as true today as it was then.

    Leo Domitrix
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Response I heard when I told someone for the first time that someone attempted to murder me when I was five: "Oh, that's so lon gago. Forgive and forget! You survived!".... Yes, that makes it all better...?!

    lara
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So what are you going to do? Really, are you just going to hide in a hole, or are you going to grow? Or are you going to allow that experience to control your life?

    Sarcastic Cow
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, you don´t have to forgive. You just can learn to act without being affected by what they have done to you.

    Dawn Sardella-Ayres
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I had a dollar for every time I heard "You need to forgive them and move on, or you're holding yourself back" (or some version of how my being angry that someone had mistreated me was actually hurting ME the most so I had to "let it go"), I could afford more therapy.

    HooowlAtTheMoon
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also hate when parents force kids to say they forgive someone when they apologize. Like, you shouldn't have to forgive. It's okay to need a little time before you forgive. And I like to live by the saying "Forgive but never forget" because if you forget, you might not be able to realize something toxic is happening over and over again.

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forgiving makes your life easier, sort of. It depends, if someone hits you all the time, yeah get mad but don't get revenge. If someone hits you once without meaning too, just let it go.

    Erik Granqvist
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a huge difference between forgiving and forgetting. To forgive does not in any way mean there are no concequence for whatever happened. And it does not in any way means that your relation is as if it never happened.

    Lois Taylor
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forgiving is permission to do it again. Hit the delete key!

    Janet Allison
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I teach my preschool students that we don’t say “it’s okay” when someone apologizes we say “thank you”. You can be grateful for their apology but still hurt by what they did to you. An apology doesn’t make what they did go away but it can help solve the problem and repair the relationship. We say “thank you” because it shows we are grateful for their apology and understand that saying “I’m sorry” is a hard thing to do.

    Thay
    Community Member
    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh man... Hahahaha yeah no im not even going to start. Sick of people telling me to move past s**t and "just get along" with people that have wronged me. I am not obligated to freaking forgive someone just because they did something but its over now so its okay. F**k that. You dont get to play stupid games with me like that. Especially when you try to victimize yourself to everyone that will listen. Im in a stupid situation right now with people trying to force me to be "forgiving". Im not ready for that. Keep this person away from me, let me collect myself and then we can f*****g talk, yeah? Okay good talk. Lol triggered myself sorry people

    brukernavn340
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm more concerned about the concept of grammar nowadays.

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    #27

    When people talk about beating there kids or scaring there kids

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    anarkzie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel that this attitude has thankfully changed in the part of the world that I live in, it seems mad to me that someone would think that hitting a child is somehow okay.

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    #28

    I don't know if this is toxic but people think that because two people have been together for years their relationship is perfect and healthy.

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    Ambar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    love can break down. it doesn't matter how long you have been together it matters if your love is still strong that can build up a relationship

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    #29

    Any beauty standards

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    Marianne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best way to improve your body image: Throw away any fashion magazines. Go to places where you see real people's bodies, e.g. public pools. (Saunas if you live in a place where this is a thing. Seeing naked strangers will show you that NO ONE has the perfect body.)

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    #30

    Couples that take pride in being each other's only friends and spend ALL their time together. It's good to be separate from your partner sometimes

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    Ambar
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    spend some time with family, friends, or just alone time for yourself

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    #31

    For kids-he picks on her cause he likes her.

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    cookie panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    its been said before but idc because its true.

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    #32

    Hyper independence when really its just unaddressed childhood or other past trauma

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    denzoren
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've got that trait and I can definitely tell you...it was past trauma.

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    #34

    Befriending the kid that's alone out of pity. Bruh sometimes they just don't like the environment or people

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    cookie panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it is nice to ask if they need a friend, but if they say no don't push it like: "oh don't be scared i wont be mean i promise" like just give them some space, you don't know what they might be going through.

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    #35

    Being petty, people wear it as a badge of honor. You can have boundaries so people don't overstep but being petty is usually just extreme immaturity.

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    Mewton’s Third Paw
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This should be higher. Bragging about pettiness is a disgusting trait.

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    #36

    Anger issues

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    cookie panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if someone has anger issues and they ask for space don't be like: but whyy? aw are u mad? they want their space to cool off for a bit and are tryina be polite about it.

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    #37

    Drinking because you are stressed or overwhelmed.

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    cookie panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i drink when im stressed or overwhelmed. i drink T E A.

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    #38

    Having no feelings and not wanting to admit when you actually care or when something is actually affecting you

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    cookie panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    another one: people glorify depression of all things. like 4 real? depression?

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    #39

    People bragging about having no boundaries like how their bestfriends just show up in their rooms with no notice like some ppl need boundaries

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    David Butler
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is, literally, a recurring nightmare. Doors and windows in my dream-room never stay closed, and dream-people never stay out. I grew up an introvert in a family of extroverts.

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    #40

    Standing by a partner when they are unwilling to better themselves and their life situation

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    anarkzie
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of these people that unwilling to better themselves have underlying mental health issues, depression etc; it's tricky.

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    #41

    Being a ride or die

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    Imheresometimes
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could someone please explain this one to me? I don’t get it

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    #42

    The idea your friends owe you so much more than they really do... let people be independent and live their lives. Be a good friend but don't be clingy

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    Alexis Bilodeau
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You owe me nothing, I owe you nothing, what I do for you is of my own volition so don't keep tab

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    #43

    Abuse in POC homes

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    #44

    Maladaptive Daydreaming- its not cute and fun, you miss out on ur life and become extremely dependent on it. you also can't turn it off its alwys on

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    cookie panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    question, i make storys in my head. a lot. is this the same thing? i get carried off sometimes but it hasn't hurt me.

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    #45

    Not texting people back that you like

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    #46

    Having multiple partners /cheating

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    blue
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    multiple partners isnt toxic as long as everyone is consenting and aware of it all! its called polyamory, and theres nothing wrong with it at all :]

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    #47

    Not texting people back that you like

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