What constitutes bad relationships? Well, to a large degree, only you can answer that. The sad thing is that many people will lie to them self and pretend that they are actually in a good, solid, loving relationship when they know, and all their friends and family know, that they are in an unstable, toxic relationship.
And, a toxic relationship doesn’t just happen in romantic relationships either. An unhealthy relationship can happen in any and all types of human interaction. It can be a friendship, a work relationship or a family relationship, it can and does happen.
A lot of times when people think of bad relationships they think big. They think of some sort of physical, mental, emotional or sexual abuse. And, of course, any type of abuse would definitely be bad and a relationship that should not continue, but there are other, less obvious signs of a toxic relationship.
First and foremost, what makes a bad relationship is bad or a lack of communication. To make a relationship work it is essential to have effective communication between each other. When you stop talking you cut yourself of from each others lives. You start to distance yourself from your partner, you have no idea what they want and need from the marriage because you no longer know who they are, this will only aggravate the situation. When problems creep in you will be unable to deal with them because how can you find out why the problem is happening?
For one thing, there are some types of abuse that kind of fly “under the radar”. They may not even be recognized as abuse. Here is what I mean: have you ever associated with someone who seemed to take great delight in ridiculing you and making you feel foolish? of course, they were only “joking” and you really should not be so “sensitive”. When someone does that to you, it really is them not you. No one should make you feel bad about yourself on purpose. That is abuse.
Infidelity and dishonesty are two words that are often associated with each other. If a person is unfaithful, he or she is dishonest in so many ways.
Lots of break-ups nowadays are due to infidelity. If you find out that your partner is unfaithful to you, of course this can lead to a serious fight and more heated arguments. For sure, your initial reaction will be so outraged that you will not be able to listen to reasons anymore. Upon knowing your partner’s infidelity, you will come to realize some of the dishonest answers that he or she gave you in the past when you ask about some important things.
Your once happy and romantic relationship will now turn into a bad relationship because there is one important element which is lacking and that is trust. You begin to become more suspicious and jealous so from then your arguments will be in circles which can eventually lead to breakup.
Another common ploy is to try to distance you from family and friends. Once they have you off balance and alone the abuse can start in full force. That is a very dangerous time for any abuse victim and definitely the definition of bad relationships.
