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3 Ways to Protect Yourself from Toxic Individuals

Waleed Ahmed
2 min readDec 11, 2024

You can (identify) them and (avoid) being drawn to manipulative/toxic individuals by knowing how they operate, and who they really are. Take the time to learn about unhealthy personality traits, and disorders. Read books, watch YouTube channels, TikTok, and of course continue to educate yourself as much as possible. It is as also important to know who you are as well as your weaknesses, self-control, and self-worth. You can avoid toxic manipulative people when you have established firm boundaries, standards, and realistic expectations.

You can start by these (3) recommendations below.

Do not trust anyone! Trusting someone is like taking risks in your life is a dangerous thing when you could be trusting the wrong person. Get to know the person and take as long as you can so they can prove themselves trustworthy. Manipulative and toxic people are really good at gain your trust quickly so that they can take advantage of your trust, and you. When you trust someone, it means that you believe they are dependable, reliable, and honest. Which is not the case for someone who is manipulative and toxic they operate in opposition to morality.

Do not overshare, or share personal information about yourself, family, weaknesses, or plans. Your vulnerability isn’t something everyone should know especially manipulative and…

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Waleed Ahmed
Waleed Ahmed

Written by Waleed Ahmed

I'm Waleed Ahmed, and I'm passionate about content related to software development, 3D design, Arts, books, technology, self-improvement, Poetry and Psychology.

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