“If you feel uneasy, you need to stop yourself and ask what the cause is,” says Thompson. But it's when toxicity spirals out of control that problems arise.
Nothing is perfect-there’s always some work to be done,” says Ginnie Love Thompson, PhD, a psychotherapist in Florida. “Every single relationship has a level of toxicity. Other signs are subtler-but can be just as problematic. But there are some behaviors that clearly cross a line-like any kind of abuse, be it physical, emotional, verbal, or financial. It took Hannah almost up until fantasy suites to figure out Luke was toxic. And trust me, you do not want to be in one of those.īut sometimes, toxic relationships can be hard to identify. told Hannah that if she was sleeping with other people that he would want to quit the show? And then remember when he told her that she 'owed it to him' to hear him out? AND THEN remember when Hannah sent him home and Luke came back and made it seem like Hannah was lucky he still wanted her after admitting she wasn't a virgin. Remember on The Bachelorette Season 23 when Luke P.