“You’re with a bad boy, and it isn’t as glamorous as the movies made it out to be.”— Kendra Syrdal, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, bad boys, Movies
“Be a woman who knows when to leave houses, marriages, and relationships, because it doesn’t feels like home anymore.”— Jillian Bacarisas, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Divorce, Breakups, Home
“If you find yourself apologizing all the time for things you know you shouldn’t have to feel guilty about, it might be the wrong relationship for you.”— Summar Abdelnour, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Apologies, Fighting
“If someone makes you doubt yourself, if someone makes you feel like you’re too much to handle or you’re hard to live with, ask yourself if it’s really you or is it because that person is incapable of loving you? Is this person just making excuses because they’re looking for a way out? Is this person…”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Doubt, Self-Love
“But oftentimes the person you want most is the last one you need. When he’s the last thing you need, you’ll find yourself hurt and disappointed. When he’s the last thing you need, you’ll find yourself confused.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Confused, Disappointed
“You can love each other with all your heart but the pain you cause each other from loving so deeply isn’t healthy – it’s painful and poisonous, and it will rip your world apart.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, unhealthy, Love
“Don’t forget that you are awesome and that somewhere out there exists a person who will see the value in you but most importantly see the value in yourself. Respect and love yourself enough to know you are worthy of much more than the ‘love’ you are being given.”— Lily Perez, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Respect, Love
“If you want someone out of your life, make it happen. Stop lingering around for whatever excuse makes sense to you and get up. Walk away. Slam the door behind you and seal that bitch tight until you can’t break back in even if you tried.”— Sara Li, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, walk away, Breakups
“Do what is best for you. Do what is most safe for yourself. And make a change. It’s your life. Not anyone else’s.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Changes, Safe
“You’re smart for knowing that it is time to go, and forcing yourself to stay would only hurt you worse.”— Cassie Gacott, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, intelligent, Pain
“When you make the decision to leave, when you realize that you are in charge of your own happiness and that you can decide who you keep in your life, you will be eternally grateful to yourself.”— Chrissy Sharma, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Happiness, grateful
“You don’t have to settle for a love that consists of high highs and low lows. Or a love that’s mediocre all the way through. You can have the good without the bad. The beauty without the beast.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Settling, Love
“He isn’t going to change. It’s an uncomfortable pill to swallow, knowing your kindness and huge heart are wasted on him. But he’s zapping your energy. He’s sucking you dry.”— Kris Miller, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Changes, kindness
“You want to believe that you can save him. You want to be the hero. His hero. But the only person you have the power to save is yourself. And you still can.”— Sara Di Tullio, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Hero, saving
“If you leave him, you will feel proud of yourself. It’s what you know you should have done all along. He wasn’t right for you and you weren’t right for him.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, proud, Breakups
“You are a person of value. And if you aren’t treated with value, you need to be strong enough to walk away.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Worth, Value
“Lose him when he causes you to fall out of love with yourself. Lose him when you start wishing you can be someone else, someone he would love.”— Liane White, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Self-Love, Confidence
“Leave. Even if it will shake your knees and core, because you know you will cry, but you will not die. It will be painful, but it will not destroy you. Because you know deep down inside your tired soul, that your happiness will be worth it.”— Jillian Bacarisas, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Pain, Breakups
“When he’s the last thing you need, he’ll drain you. He’ll exhaust you. He’ll destroy you. And you won’t see it that way. In fact, you won’t notice it at all. But everyone else will.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Destruction, Draining
“You should be alone, truly alone, without him in your life at all. Put the phone down, don’t text him, don’t stalk him on social media, don’t answer if he calls.”— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Toxic Relationships, Alone, Ignore