If you can’t escape the toxic people in your life:
1. Don’t allow them
to manipulate you into acting in certain ways (For example, don’t allow them to
control you by being moody, demanding or rude.)
2. Don’t tip toe around them or live your life walking on
egg shells.
3. Don’t make excuses
for their bad behaviour or their inappropriate and over-the-top reactions.
4. Don’t be afraid to
speak up for yourself and to call things what they are (Often we are too polite
to say anything, especially in social settings. However, that just perpetuates
the situation, and keeps you feeling trapped and negative.)
5. Don’t allow them
to play emotional games. For example, speak up when they are being rude and
offensive by saying something like “Was it your intention to try to make me look
bad when you said that?) Often a direct approach, especially in public, is very
effective.
6. Establish personal boundaries. Do not allow other people to
treat you in rude or disrespectful ways. Remember that we teach other people
how to treat us!
7. Remember not to take things personally as it’s really
about THEM, and not you.
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