Self-respect

You Know Your Relationship is Toxic

Yet you stay

Realizing a relationship is not working is difficult, but deciding exactly what to do is even more difficult. (Photo: Pixabay)

When you’re in a toxic relationship, you know very well you’re in a toxic relationship. You also know you must get out. You’ll deny that your relationship is toxic. You'll delight in saying every relationship has its problems and you'll excuse their toxic behaviors. You'll pull the wool over your eyes and pretend you don't see the truth.

You’ll waste months and years convincing yourself that it’ll get better. You’ll keep reminding yourself how beautiful it was in the beginning. You’ll think of everything but the fact that it’s the end.

You’ll tell yourself that they’ll change and they can learn to treat you better. But they won’t. They’ll keep hurting you every chance they get. You'll fight with them every day and you will threaten to leave a thousand times. He will whisper lies into your saying he will never do it again. You will sleep with him and have make-up sex. It'll be the best sex ever and you'll stay. You’ll tell yourself that the sex is just too good to let go of. Your mind will tell you that you can't find anything like it and you'll believe it.