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Published Feb 10, 2025

How toxic relationships can make you sick

Discover how toxic relationships can sabotage your health as Lyss Boss shares personal experiences on the physical and emotional toll of manipulation and gaslighting, and the journey towards detachment and healing by trusting your intuition and embracing healthy dynamics.
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  • Imperfections

    In healthy relationships, accepting imperfections is crucial while ensuring mutual understanding and security. emphasizes that no relationship or person is perfect, including herself, but the right partner won't trigger daily stress or anxiety. She shares her experience with a friend, Isabel, whose presence brings peace and ease, contrasting it with a past relationship that was emotionally taxing 1. This balance, where communication flows naturally, is essential for a nourishing connection 2.

       

    Interactions

    Balanced interactions in relationships are marked by ease and flow, as opposed to the chaos of toxic dynamics. Lyss describes how healthy relationships should feel effortless, leaving one feeling nourished rather than depleted 2. She recounts a past relationship that caused physical symptoms like chronic heart pain, highlighting how the body can react to emotional stress.

    Your heart is literally screaming to get out.

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    Monitoring one's feelings around others can reveal the impact of these interactions on well-being 1.

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