| p>Serious relationships are hard work and require | | | | self esteem and great unhappiness. |
| dedication, commitment, communication, respect, and | | | | 2. Addiction is present and untreated. This is |
| mutual trust to be happy and fulfilling for both parties. | | | | challenging, but if your partner is unwilling to address |
| When both partners behave in ways that are | | | | the issue, you are likely to be placed on the back |
| consistent with the principles of a healthy relationship, | | | | burner as he or she pursues the next fix or high. The |
| great satisfaction is possible. However, there are | | | | various crises that are created by your partner's |
| instances where behaviors on the part of one or | | | | using can become consuming, and it is easy to be |
| both partners are so destructive and defiant that | | | | drawn into managing these problems. |
| there is little room for a healthy dynamic to exist | | | | 3. Affairs occur and they are ongoing or serial. A |
| between the partners, and this can cause the | | | | relationship can survive an affair, but if the affairs are |
| relationship to become toxic to one or both parties. | | | | continual, there is no foundation to rebuild a |
| Here are 4 signs that the relationship might be toxic | | | | relationship upon. You also risk your physical health by |
| and not worth the effort of staying: | | | | being intimate with a person who is not monogamous |
| 1. Abuse is a part of the relationship. Whether | | | | with you. |
| physical or emotional, abuse leaves scars and lasting | | | | 4. Personality disorders are present in your partner. |
| damage to the victim. If you are being physically | | | | These disorders, which include narcissism and |
| abused, please contact a domestic violence shelter or | | | | sociopathy/psychopathy, are extremely destructive |
| counselor who specializes in these issues to | | | | to relationships and the traits that cause the |
| determine a safe plan for leaving. One of the most | | | | damaging behaviors are "hard wired" into the individual |
| dangerous times in an abusive relationship is when | | | | personalities. |
| leaving. Emotional abuse often leads to decreased | | | | |