8 Toxic Behaviors You Shouldn’t Ignore

Actions speak louder than words, after all…

We all know that actions speak louder than words, yet, we so often find ourselves ignoring what people are showing us in favor of what they’re telling us.

While this tendency can show up in all areas of life, it’s most prominent in our intimate relationships. We’ll justify someone else’s actions to ourselves because we want to believe they’re different. Our emotions are clouding our judgment. We’re hanging on the words that they say and ignoring the actions that are right in front of our faces…

Let’s discuss, then, clear actions that we should believe when we see them with our own eyes, regardless of what’s being whispered into our ears…

1: Avoiding personal accountability.

It’s natural to want to give someone the benefit of the doubt, especially when they’re so convincing that “the thing” wasn’t their fault…again.

There’s a big difference, though, between someone who’s explaining their actual innocence, and someone who categorically refuses to take responsibility for their own actions.

This is often presented as a pattern. You’ll notice that none of their past breakups were their fault, all of their exes were “crazy,” or that they…