7 Tips for Spotting Toxic Relationships by Looking at Ourselves.

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5 min readMar 28

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I’ve had my share of toxic relationships in the past and I can say that the pattern is similar to that of a labyrinth.

These relationships are simply a maze and finding a way out is a difficult task.

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