Healing from toxic relationships: 8 strategies for emotional recovery

Recovering from toxic relationships demands intentional steps. Explore eight strategies for emotional healing, from setting boundaries to fostering self-love.

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Published on Jan 05, 2024 04:12 pm IST 9 Photos
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Toxic relationships can leave long-lasting emotional scars in the complicated terrain of relationships between people. Resilience and thoughtful planning are necessary for navigating the road to recovery.From understanding the impact of toxicity to fostering self-compassion, Priyanka Kapoor, Psychologist and Psychotherapist shared with HT Digital some tips to guide individuals on their journey of emotional recovery from toxic relationships. (Shutterstock)

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Social and family support: When a person comes out of a toxic relationship, he is not only wounded but also vulnerable and low on resilience. During the healing process, It’s very important to have a good social support like friends and family to feel secured and safe emotionally, mentally and physically.(Pixabay)

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Boost on your self-esteem: In a toxic relationship, there is a lot of harm to one's self-esteem and confidence. One can feel worthless and not capable enough to live emotionally, financially or physically independently. Psychotherapy, social support and career can help to boost one’s confidence.(Unsplash)

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Emotional regulation: Toxic relationship can not only break your confidence, it can develop anxiety, depression, trauma, anger outbursts, mood swings, absent mindedness, low resilience and resentment. Its important to work on these emotional problems with the help(Unsplash)

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Personal growth: Meditation, mindfulness, spirituality and upskilling yourself and learning something new like art, music, dance or any hobby helps to channelize our mind productively.(Unsplash)

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