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Feb 26, 2019, 06:22 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ennie
I've actually never seen a toxic person call someone else "toxic," but that's just my experience. I've never been assertive with a toxic person thus giving her no cause to take off her mask.
It takes some time to see what lies beneath that mask; or a confrontation from an assertive person for that mask to be removed.
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I'm not sure where you're quoting me as saying that? However, I have seen that. But I think it's because, as another poster presented in a very helpful link, it is behaviors and relationships that are toxic, not the people. And I couldn't agree more with that. I think there are many people who refer to any person they have any kind of disagreement with or whom they dont like as toxic. It makes the word lose its meaning.
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