Recognizing the Red Flags and Warning Signs of a Toxic Friendship Part II

I like to call myself a "toxic friendship survivor". The experience I had with my former toxic "best" friend had a profound impact on my life. Fortunately, I found the wherewithal to end the friendship and survive the emotional heartache that I had endured for such a long time.

In my last article, I focused on the red flags and warning signs of a toxic friendship. This article will briefly discuss my personal experience with recognizing and ignoring the red flags that were very obvious to me when I met my toxic friend. I simply overlooked them because she appeared to be a "really nice person". We were bonding and we had a lot in common with one another so I ignored all the negative and inappropriate things she did or said to me. She exhibited an awful lot of questionable behaviors but I justified them by reminding myself over and over again that she was a "really nice person". At that time, I didn't think she would do anything to harm me or the friendship.

I ultimately paid the price for not paying attention to the many red flags and walking away from the friendship shortly after it had begun. In sharing my personal experience, I hope to encourage others who are questioning the behaviors of a new friend, to take action against those behaviors so that you will not find yourself trapped in a toxic friendship.

The top ten Red Flags from my toxic friendship: