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Signs of a Toxic Friendship

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UWindsor chapter.

Signs of a Toxic Friendship

There are many articles online that discuss unhealthy romantic relationships, but few cover toxic friendships. Here are the signs you are in a toxic friendship:

1.    They’re envious of you. They don’t celebrate your successes with you and instead undermine you and your interests.

2.    They never apologize to you. They refuse to acknowledge when they’ve hurt you and admit when they were wrong.

3.    They don’t respect your personal boundaries. No matter how many times you tell them to respect your privacy and personal space, they refuse to respect it.

4.    They gossip about you. You constantly hear from other people about the negative things they have said about you and that they are constantly putting you down.

5.    They are not supportive. They ridicule and belittle your aspirations.

Alanna Keren

UWindsor '20

Alanna is currently a 1st year student at the University of Windsor pursuing a degree in Education. She graduated from the University of WIndsor with double major in English and French in 2018. She was Co-CC/Editior in Chief of HCUWindsor from 2015-2018 and is now the Tresaurer and Guidance Counsellor. She is a figure skater and loves to get in some extra ice time in her free time. Her favourite animal is a polar bear and her favourite colour is purple. She love sparkles. Her clothing style is girly and kind of dressy. Sparkly make-up and big earrings are a big part of her look. When she is not doing homework, working at her job at Tootsies Shoe Store, coaching figure skating, or writing for Her Campus, she likes decorating cakes and cupcakes and hanging out with friends.