Toxic People

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                                        9 Traits of Toxic People:

1. They talk more than they listen. They are truly narcissistic and manage to make everything about themselves.

2. They are completely unwilling to learn from their mistakes. Frankly, they’ll never accept that they’re capable of making mistakes.

3. They exaggerate everything. Drama seems to incessantly follow them around.

4. They are compulsive and often unrepentant liars.

5. They force relationships. They value relationships for the outward superficiality and not for any real connection.

6. Everything is judged by the experience they’ve had. Their experience is the only one that seems to count.

7. They have to talk you down to keep their own self-esteem up.

8. They’re very controlling and domineering people.

9. They completely lack tack and diplomacy. They don’t care if they hurt other’s feelings.

How do I handle these people? I run away. I mean that literally. I ran into one at a yard sale recently, someone from my past. I didn't say a word. Just turned around quickly, jogged to my car and left. I must've looked like the village idiot, but this person was truly dangerous to my psyche.