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5 Things People Say to Justify Staying in a Toxic Relationship
You would be amazed at the variety of things that people say to justify staying in a toxic relationship, the ways they excuse that they are willing to compromise their health and happiness to stay with someone who is making them miserable.
And I get it. Everyone wants to be in a relationship, so much so that they will stay in one that’s bad for them, even if they are suffering. Even if they are suffering enough to reach out to a life coach.
So many of my clients know that they have to walk away, and some even do, for a minute. But staying away is easier said than done for someone who is caught up in the ups and downs of a toxic relationship.
They tend to believe that this person is the love or their life and that because their sex life is so good and that there are moments of happiness so there must be hope, right?
More often than not, no, I am afraid.
So that you can understand the things that people say to justify staying in a toxic relationship, I have listed them below.
Perhaps if you can see that what you say is just an excuse, an excuse that EVERYONE trying to escape a toxic relationship says, you will find the awareness and strength to walk away for good