7 Toxic Behaviors To Not Bring Into 2022

New Year's Day invites everyone to begin anew. It's a time when people often use the first day of the year to take new (or old) challenges, such as beginning a gym membership or kicking the smoking habit.

It can also involve changing your behaviors that are hurting your relationships, whether personal or professional. Some people engage in toxic behaviors and fail to consider their effect on others.

Let's try and be the best versions of ourselves this NEW YEAR, whatever the negativity of the past.

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7 Toxic Behaviors To Not Bring Into 2022

1 - Bye-Bye Victim Mentality

Hey, I get it. We have all been victimized by a nasty person. No one is above being treated badly.

But being a victim serves only the toxic people in your life.

Rise above the pain and use that pain to make you stronger, wiser, and better.

2 - Arguing On Social Media

People have a poor habit of airing their dirty laundry on social media for everyone to see. Taking your emotions to social media is not a healthy way to express yourself or push somebody else to comprehend your point of view.

You might be demonstrating your company's purposes for an unfounded reason. You are embarrassing yourself and others by revealing your psychological state online. And you also allow the "troll" to get inside your skin.

3 - Speaking Of Trolls (Trolling In People’s Comments)

It is also a place of body shaming and bullying on social media. Through social media, we've even seen Lizzo break down in tears over hurtful comments about her body, and Cardi B has deactivated some of her accounts to escape hateful remarks.

Not all of the people at risk are celebrities, either. Teenagers and high-profile influencers are in danger of becoming the victims of cyber-bullying and drive-by remarks, regardless of how important their voices are. Everyone has the right to free speech, but no one has an excuse to misbehave or cause hurt to others' feelings.

4 - Emotional Blackmailing (Gaslighting, Projecting, Shaming, and Blaming)

Manipulation is a typical tool used by a person who makes someone feel guilty, frightened, and obligated to do something for them. The coercer makes it seem as if they are not attempting to manipulate a person and will lighten their load or do them a favor or be decent or helpful.

The blackmailer responds by focusing the individual's attention on themselves and making sure they refrain from agreeing or sharing their idea. We see this behavior in friends or coworkers that they dominated in the past.

5 - Colorism (Character, NOT Race or Color, Matters)

Examining the quality of someone based on their skin color is a highly toxic tradition that has existed for many years. If you are discriminating against people in your ethnic group because of their skin color, as we get to 2022, there is some severe contemplation (and more than likely regret) you will have to endure.

6 - Homophobia (Love Is Love; Consensual Love of Course)

What troubles me about homophobia is how it casts homosexuals as hypersexual creatures and suggests they be punished for it. Spreading inhumane beliefs regarding homosexuality happens far too often to LGBTQ+ people.

The bigoted view heterosexual men have towards other men is the most adverse because, by assuming that gay men are also straight, it casts gay males as predators.

Everyone's sexual orientation is irrelevant and does not determine their lives or plan. Don't concentrate on what is in your bed.

7 - Ghosting (Just Let A Person Know It Is Over)

You should not be deceitful with someone, primarily if you built a strong friendship with them for an extended period. To prevent being inaccurate, you need never to disappear unnoticed.

Ghosting results in people being on an emotional roller coaster, concerned not only what would happen if something happened to a particular friend but also taking on significant.

We are ready to answer all the questions and find out what happened to address why that individual acted the way it did. It's unjustifiable, and everyone deserves closure.

Final Thoughts

If you are struggling from emotonal baggaage from last year, consider talking with a therapist to remove some of that baggage.

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