I am so sorry, Bagged. I feel like I may have implied that *you* are a toxic, self-centered a-hole when I was actually trying to communicate that negativity can eventually lead to toxic behavior, which will repel others. I had someone in particular in mind when authoring my previous post and the phrasing came out very awkwardly and fell short of the message I wanted to communicate. This has been bugging me all day and I just hope I didn't cause you additional grief.

Again, I'm sorry.