psychology
5 phases every toxic friendship goes through
Psychology: Over the years, friendships can also become toxic for both parties.
When a friendship becomes toxic, it is usually a gradual process over several years – which makes it all the more important to recognize the development in good time in order to protect yourself.
Once you were one heart and soul and stuck together through thick and thin, almost every friendship has the potential to become toxic – without there necessarily being someone to blame. Sometimes over the years things just don’t fit anymore and the friendship that once gave so much strength becomes an energy drain.
When the friendship suddenly becomes “toxic”.
And while every (toxic) friendship is unique, there are five stages that almost every one of them goes through at some point. We show what these are in the video.