Toxic Relationship Truths: A Male Perspective

Chatting (un)comfortably

Toxic relationships can be emotional and/or physically damaging. On this episode, we'll talk about the emotional side. Being in my mid 20s I’ve unfortunately witnessed friends in toxic relationships, and the sad reality is you don’t always see the signs. You may think you have control of the situation, a sense of guilt, wanting to fix your partner, but actually a lot of this comes down to manipulation. It can make you feel really lonely and trapped being in a toxic relationship because your partner may subtly move you away from your friends/family.

I really wanted to do an episode to raise awareness of the signs because it’s not like physical abuse where you're more likely to walk away from that relationship.

To respect the identities of the my guest and his ex-partner, I have changed the names in this episode. I’m so grateful that “J” was able to share his story because I also think that sometimes it’s more difficult for males to share such deep parts of their relationship, where they were on the receiving end of the toxicity.

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