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Can A Toxic Relationship be Saved? Possibly YES!
Many of my clients ask me if it’s possible to fix a toxic relationship. Is it possible to repair months, or even years, of behavior that has shaken a relationship down to its very core?
I know that it seems like it would be impossible but I believe that, yes, it is possible to fix a toxic relationship but that it will involve concentrated effort on both sides of the equation.
Here are 5 things you can do to help repair a toxic relationship. Once you read them, you will know if your relationship is salvageable.
#1 — Accept the truth.
In order to fix a toxic relationship, it is essential that both people are willing to accept that it is toxic.
In many instances, one person sees that the relationship is toxic but the other person can’t, or won’t, see it as well. If only one side sees how bad things are, fixing a toxic relationship will be impossible.
I have a client who is in a relationship with an alcoholic narcissist. For many years, he has treated her horribly. He goes off on drunken binges, disappears for weeks at a time, gaslights her when they do talk and blames her for many issues in their relationship.
She loves him very much but his unwillingness to see that their relationship is toxic…