Are you surrounded by these 15 types of toxic people? Here’s how to handle them!

In this article, we will learn about 15 types of toxic people and how to handle them in order to safeguard your mental health, minimize stress and improve the quality of your life.

Note that this article may be insulting for some people, especially, if they identify themselves in any of the mentioned categories. This is not a politically correct post in any way, however, my aim is not to insult or mock others but to educate and create awareness for the victims of toxic people.

This is about identifying all those types of people who may be around you right now cutting you down, taking advantage of you or just messing up your existence. Identifying the problem is always the first approach to its resolution.

This simple guide will give courage to tormented and weak people and hopefully inspire them (or you) to take action against their tormentors in order to live a life that is truly strong, healthy and free. Enjoy.

1.The “Exaggeration Supreme” Type

These people tend to always exaggerate in their statements. “Oh my God, it was raining so hard yesterday, I have bumps on my head today from the massive raindrops!”

People who exaggerate with simple things, tend to take the more important things to the limit and then some. This will give you the wrong impression about your surroundings or a situation and you will be influenced to make the wrong decisions because of someone else’s influence.

How to handle them

2 ways: You can ignore and just nod, or you can join in on the fun, for example:

“Really? Was that before or after the frog storm took place? All I saw was some rain.”

2.The “Extreme Distortion of the Truth” type (aka Lying)

This is pretty straightforward. I have a huge bone to pick with people who tend to distort reality and facts, usually in a way that makes them look good or generates other people’s pity in order to draw attention.

I don’t think I need to elaborate on why people who lie can make your life bad. It is wrong and can get you into all sorts of trouble.

How to handle them

2 ways: You can ignore and just nod, or you can call them out. For example, ask for more details on how they slept with Madonna in the 80s or proof about how they got to date Chuck Norris back in the day. Note: your goal is not to prove them wrong, it’s just to let them know that you don’t believe them. Do not engage into their storytelling after that.

3.The “Showing off ” type

Toxic people are usually exhibitionists. They love attention and would do anything to get the spotlight on them. While this does not seem like a huge deal, hearing for the 11th time about how much money they spent on dinner yesterday, how fancy the place was and how they plan to spend their vacation on Mars can be repetitive and tiring.

How to handle them

2 ways:

• You can ignore and just stay unimpressed by not wanting to ask for details (that really ticks them off) or
• you can just honestly tell them that you are not impressed or interested in that sort of thing.

Note that if you are really impressed or jealous by such materialistic displays you will be soon victimized. In that case, you must remove yourself from their presence.

4.The “Utterly Self-involved” type

Toxic people are usually narcissistic in nature and care about no one but themselves. For them, you are just another tool, a means to an end and not a person. People like this usually only talk about themselves and never ask about you. And if they do, you will probably get to talk for about 10 seconds before their wisdom is once again unfolded before your eyes…for the next couple of hours.

How to handle them

There is no comeback in this case because they do not care about anything you say! Removing yourself from the location of the ‘brainwash’ would be a more appropriate approach (i.e. get out of there!). There is no winning in this one.

5.The “Manipulation extraordinaire” type

One of the favorite tools of any toxic person. Getting their way is their life and combining this with some of the above traits (lying, selfishness and exaggeration) will enhance their power to have you do their evil deeds or take part in an evil plan that will only benefit them and make you their slave.

How to handle them

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by Nick Sigma CWC, EH, E-YRT200

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