25 Signs Of Highly Toxic People

21. They Ignore Your Boundaries

All types of relationships need boundaries, be it romantic, friendship, or even workplace. Boundaries are a healthy way to ensure you keep yourself safe and healthy while communicating expectations to those you care about. A significant flaw in most toxic people is a complete lack of respect for anyone’s boundaries but their own. If a friend or partner is repeatedly violating your limits, it’s not only a sign of a lack of respect for you as a person but a sign that they are dangerously toxic. Tolerating a violation of your boundaries to appease a toxic person will likely lead to even larger breaches in the future.

Boundaries can look different from relationship to relationship and from person to person depending on personal values, behaviors, traditions, and more. What ultimately matters is that the boundary is communicated and agreed to. It establishes a precedent for action in a relationship. If a friend agrees to a limitation like “don’t call me on Thursdays because I work late” then the expectation is set. If a friend then turns around and immediately calls on a Thursday and gets mad at you for not answering, that is a toxic boundary violation and a major red flag for a person’s overall toxicity.