A toxic relationship is a relationship that feels unhealthy and unsafe. The signs that you’re in a toxic relationship can be hard to spot, but if you know what to look for it’s simple: the other person doesn’t treat you as an equal and they make your life hell. If someone isn’t treating you well, there’s no need to put up with them!

Your needs are not being met.

• You need to be treated with respect and dignity.
• You need to feel safe.
• You need to feel valued.
• Your needs must be met by the other person in the relationship if you are going to stay in it, so it is important that your partner understands what those are and how they affect you personally, because then they can work on meeting them for both of you.

You are not in sync.

In a toxic relationship, you are not in sync. You might not be on the same page on important issues and goals, or even see eye to eye at all. If you feel like your partner is always changing their mind about something, then this could be a sign that they don’t really care about what’s best for both of you.

If your significant other constantly makes decisions without consulting you first or doesn’t take into account what would make your life easier (like planning out meals together), then this may indicate that there’s an underlying problem with communication between the two of them—and it could be leading towards an unhealthy relationship full of resentment and mistrust!

You have lost friends and family.

If you find yourself in a toxic relationship, it’s not uncommon for your friends and family to start noticing that something is off. You might feel like they are judging or criticizing the choices that you make, or they may be questioning whether their opinion of your partner is valid.

You may also find yourself feeling anxious about how much time and energy it takes from everyone around them—and suddenly realize: I’m doing this for them! This person has become so important in my life that if I drop them, everyone else will leave too. And yet…I don’t want them to leave either!

Your self-esteem is suffering

If you are in a toxic relationship, your self-esteem is suffering. You may feel like you are not good enough for your partner and that there is something wrong with you. This can cause depression and anxiety because it’s hard to see through the fog of low self-worth when everything around you seems to be perfect. You might also believe that if only they would love YOU more than THEY love themselves, then maybe they’d like YOU better too!

But the truth is: no matter how much someone loves us or wants us in their lives (or even if they don’t), we still have our own set of needs as well as boundaries about what makes us happy before anyone else does anything for us—even if those needs come from within ourselves rather than outside sources such as family members’ perceptions of how well-adjusted people should act around each other based on their own experiences living together before getting married/having children together.”

You are living in fear.

You are afraid to speak your mind, you’re afraid to be yourself, and you don’t ask for what you want. You don’t ask for help because it seems like you can’t trust anyone else with your problems. And if someone tries to help you out, asking for what they should be doing instead of waiting on them (which is often) is a sign that they may not have the same goals as yours in mind—and therefore should not be trusted or believed when they say something good about how things are going at home. What’s even worse? If the person who has been helping me figures out that this is happening and then tries to make some changes in his/her own behavior towards me—it only makes things worse!

The relationship is one-sided.

If you are constantly giving, but not receiving anything in return, this could be a red flag that your partner is using you to get what they want. If this happens over and over again without any effort on your part, then it’s safe to say that something else is going on here—and what else could it be?

You are meeting only your own needs.

A toxic relationship is one in which you are meeting your needs to be in it, but not the needs of the people involved. This can happen for different reasons:

• Your needs may not be being met because they’re unrealistic. For example, if you’re seeking attention, admiration or love from someone who doesn’t give you anything but criticism and criticism alone, then that’s going to create friction between you two (as well as with other people who care about you).
• You might not be in sync with what your partner wants or needs because she/he doesn’t know herself/himself well enough yet—and therefore cannot give clear instructions about what she wants from life and relationships with others. In fact, most people don’t really know how much effort they need on any given day; this means that when someone says “no” without explanation (which happens all too frequently), it can feel like an insult rather than a refusal based on objective facts such as time constraints or health issues etcetera . . .

If you feel like you are in a toxic relationship, do not hesitate to reach out to someone who can help. You deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.