STOP! Beware of THESE Types of People, They’re Extremely Bad for YOU!

Don't let your happiness be spoiled by toxic people. Whenever we encounter or have to spend time with a toxic person, we end up feeling emotionally and psychologically drained. It would probably take less effort to run a marathon, climb a mountain, or swim the Atlantic ocean than have to go through one more conversation with  this kind of individual. Toxic people are manipulative, abusive, negative and destructive. They are bad for our state of mind and in the long run they can also cause us physical harm. They not only get on our nerves, but they also bleed us of our energy and positivity. In this article, we show you eight different archetypes of toxic human beings you should try to stay away from.

1. The critics. 

These people seem to have received a kind of general power of attorney from the highest authority at some point or another, allowing them to ruthlessly criticize others while remaining not open to being criticized themselves. The supercritical find the hair in every soup and the crease in every shirt. They pretend to be competent in every aspect of life, although they can't really show any special talents or specialist knowledge to back this up.  The constant bragging about abilities they don’t have drives everyone around them insane. Unfortunately, these personalities are not only some of the most obtrusive and annoying people around, but also some of the loudest.

2. The jealous ones. 

We can come across this kind of toxic person in our private and professional lives. Both variants are hell and often leave us with only one way out, to leave. Envy and resentment are typical traits among weak people without a lot of self-confidence. We may know this, but with their constant taunts, interrogations and childish visions, they make it anything but easy for us to understand them. At work, they do everything to make us look stupid. Every success is belittled and undermined. Privately, we find ourselves subject to constant accusations and controlling behaviour. 

3. The indifferent.

Yes, toxic can also be quite passive, at least when it comes to the interpersonal side of things. Toxic people don't have to actively harm us to inflict serious damage. Ignorance and rejection are often enough. We tend to experience this form of toxic behavior in our private lives especially. Parents or partners can turn out to be manipulative string pullers who use the cold shoulder as a disciplinary tool. Their cold heartedness and indifference can inflict deeper wounds than any words. 

4. The constant negatives.

Unfortunately, we often experience this one across the board. The full-time pessimists infiltrate pretty much every aspect of ​​our lives, whether we like it or not. At work, in our community, in our friendship group and even in our family. We all know at least one person who always acts as though the world is ending. Almost as if a veil of darkness surrounded them. They don't like the sun, rain, children, puppies or chocolate. There is nothing that pleases them, or at least makes them smile from time to time. They constantly imagine themselves on the brink of destruction and see the worst in everything.

5. The ones that keep disappointing you.

Even if they don't appear to be toxic at first glance, they are and in no small measure. We should never underestimate the power of disappointment, even if it starts with small things we can persuade ourselves aren’t so bad. A broken promise still hurts us deeply. Like in the poem by Erich Fried, we should view each and every one as a spoken crime and punish it accordingly.

6. The egoists.

Someone who thinks only of themselves will sometimes sell their own mother to attain their goals. These egocentric people never think about others. With a serious case of tunnel vision, they go through their everyday lives focusing only on their own interests and advantages. It's hard to work with people like this. Unfortunately, those who choose to live with them will inevitably end up abandoning their own interests and giving in to their counterpart’s ego. 

7. The victim-players.

Ironically, these characters evoke every emotion in us except the one thing they so desperately seek: compassion. At some point, we grow tired of their self-pity and tendency to blame the world for their misfortune. These constant attempts to make us feel bad is just as tedious as repeating the same song on an endless loop. Even the kindest among us soon find ourselves unable to take this emotional onslaught any longer. Nietzsche's words inevitably come to mind: "Pity is the weapon of the weak to blackmail the strong."

8. The time robbers. 

We would also not normally classify this group of people as toxic. But they in fact continually steal one of our most precious possessions: our time. It doesn't matter whether they use us as a sounding board to talk about their sensitivities and ailments or as a trash can to dump poisonous gossip:  they impose their burdens and unwanted ideas on us, which robs us of our precious time, a resource we never get back in life. But this category also includes people who are chronically late and keep us waiting. We can also add work colleagues who do not complete their wor or show up ill-prepared to meetings. What use is it if we try our best only to be let down by others? Unfortunately, these kinds of people are very common in life. 

Today’s Conclusion

Yes, toxic people really are poisonous, as recent research demonstrates. They activate a stress response in us similar to what we would expect in an acutely threatening situation. When talking to toxic people, their negativity, constant bullying, selfishness, and rudeness are enough to put us in a permeant state of stress. Several studies have shown the effects of profound stress on the mind and body. Even if this exposure is only temporary, there can still be noticeable changes in the brain. Weeks of stress can damage our brain cells, and months of it may even permanently destroy them. Toxic people not only make our lives hell, but are also harmful to our health. If contact with these toxic, stress-inducing individuals lasts for months or even years, one can imagine the damage they can wreak. That's it for today. Thank you and see you soon.