5 Toxic Behaviors You Don’t Know You’re Doing

Need a hard pill to swallow? Here’s five.

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In Avengers: Infinity War, the villain, Thanos, has an evil agenda to cut the population of the universe in half. He does this, according to himself, to save the universe from absolute peril and suffering. In the storyline, he’s the villain and the Avengers are the heroes. But according to himself, he’s a hero.

Real-life is a lot like the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There are good people and bad people, but it’s hard to tell who is who. The people around us who are the worst for us are often disguised as heroes or leaders. We just can’t tell the difference.

It’s also hard to police our own behavior and make sure that we are in fact doing the best we can to live within a strong moral code. Many of our beliefs aren’t ours; they were placed there by our parents, friends, or backgrounds. Sometimes, we can exude toxicity to those around us and not even know it. We might even think we’re doing the right thing.

There is no good or bad, there is just perception.

These are 5 of the most common toxic behaviors that often go unnoticed:

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