The good news is that you can heal from a toxic relationship, no matter how devastating. You can go ahead; You can overcome your toxic love and the pain it has caused you.
You can mend your broken heart and glue yourself back together. You can rise from grief and start again.
However, I must tell you the painful truth (and this is something no one deserves to hear): You can never recover 100 percent. You can never go back to being the woman you were before all of this hit you.
Toxic love always leaves scars, even when you think you’ve fixed all the wounds. It always leaves stretch marks, even when you think you are completely rejuvenated.
This is something no one tells you, but toxic love leaves lasting damage to your heart, soul, and mental health, and here are the most common ones.
- It destroys your relationships with others…
One of the worst consequences of having a toxic lover is the fact that it manages to destroy all the other relationships in your life in the long run as well, including friendships and family relationships.
While you are with a toxic man, he does everything he can to keep you away from everyone else in your life.
This is especially the case with the people closest to you, because they are the ones who mean well to you and are most likely to open your eyes to it.
This is something no toxic person can allow. So, he brainwashes you into thinking that you should cut ties with everyone around him and that he is enough for you.
Even after you are done with such a man, treating your loved ones this way leaves permanent damage to your relationship in the future.
Most importantly – whether you want to admit it or not – you keep asking yourself if he’s right about some of them, even though you know you shouldn’t be having those thoughts.
- …and your future romantic relationships
I’m not going to lie to you, you will never be the same after surviving toxic abuse, and this is especially true in your romantic relationships.
From now on, you will always be more cautious when meeting someone new, looking for traces of that evil man who ruined you in every person who tries to get close to you.
Although the walls you built after him can also be a good thing, the truth is that they damaged your romantic future forever.
As much as you will try to do it, you will never be able to give your entire heart to another man without holding back any part of yourself.
The truth is that your toxic ex managed to kill the innocent girl you used to be. He manages to kill the young woman who believes in fairy tales and eternal love.
- It makes you insecure
Another permanent damage that your toxic love has on you is your growing insecurity.
Before you met this guy, you were a girl who believed in herself and had no problem with her self-esteem. However, all that changed after he entered your life.
Now, you can’t help but constantly wonder if you’re worthy of anyone’s love. Are you enough and will a man come along who sees your true value?
Moreover, all this insecurity causes you to have a problem with overthinking. Even if a man treats you like a princess and does everything he can to make you realize how much he loves you, you won’t be entirely sure of his sincerity.
As much as you try to fight it, there is always a part of you that doubts. A little voice in the back of your head, telling you that things will get worse sooner or later and warning you to never relax.
- It brings depression and anxiety
Despite the state of your mental health, two of the most common consequences of a toxic relationship are depression and anxiety.
Of course, all of this can be treated successfully, but that does not mean that it does not leave a mark on you.
The effects of toxic love are usually self-isolation, negativity (or even suicidal tendencies), pessimism, and loss of faith.
The truth is that after you go through something like this, you will never look at the world with the same eyes again; You are never the same person you used to be.
