Leaving a Toxic Partner - 2 Benefits to Sticking to Your Guns - Part 1

A toxic relationship can be a very compelling and difficult to break away from. Because one partner frequently feels inferior, incompetent, or even mentally unstable as a result of the verbal abuse and other destructive acts of a toxic partner, it can become increasingly difficult for that person to feel strong enough or capable enough to make it in his or her own. However, if you can get through the initial challenges of emotionally and practically getting away from it, there are several benefits to be found on the other side of it. Here are 2 of 5 benefits to following through and staying our of your toxic relationship:

1. You will have more focus on your own priorities and be freed to pursue your own wants and dreams. In a toxic relationship, often your wants and needs are put on the back burner as you seek to please your partner and minimize confrontation. The amount of energy you expend on keeping the relationship afloat is astounding. Add in that many people become depressed in their relationship and this causes a loss of motivation and energy.

2. Your relationships with others who are important in your life will improve. Many times, maintaining a toxic relationship means you become isolated from other friends and family members, and those relationships are not as fully developed or maintained. This can be because the toxic partner puts pressure on you to spend less time outside of the relationship, and it may also be that your level of preoccupation with the problems in your relationship and possible depression that you have difficulty engaging with others and being fully checked in to their lives, their struggles, and their dreams. Free of the weight of the relationship, you will be more available to be a support to your loved ones, and be less likely to monopolize every conversation with your own struggle.