The people that we spend our time with have a huge impact on our lives.
Sometimes we may not realize that those we surround ourselves with greatly affect our mood, our perspective on the world, and our personality. This is why it’s so important to invest in relationships that enrich us mentally and physically, and only value to our life, as opposed to take away from it.
LifeDaily identifies the 10 Warning Signs That You’re In Bad Company:
1. You don’t feel like you are yourself around this person
You can’t quite put your finger on it, but you find yourself acting and feeling differently when you are in this person’s company. You can’t relax as you normally would, and you always have your guard up, because you find this person draining to your authentic self.
2. They are overwhelmingly negative
Negativity rains over this person, and they are always complaining, and pointing out the bad in a situation. You may even find yourself being more negative and cynical when you are around them because negativity is contagious. If this person is a close friend to you, you might want to offer your help because negative people are often projecting their own problems onto the world around them.
3. It’s all about them
This person really doesn’t care about your interests, and your life, they rarely check in with you to see how you’re doing, and if they do, it’s only so that they can talk about themselves, and you can’t get a word in edgewise. You feel unimportant around them, and certainly not valued.
4. They drain you
Being around this person drains your energy, both mentally and physically. You feel exhausted after spending some time with them, and you feel like being around them requires more work and energy than anything else.
5. They’re critical of you
This person is critical of everything about you. They are constantly pointing out your flaws, and picking on you in any way that they can. They make you feel insecure, and upon leaving hanging out with this person, who find yourself even more critical of yourself, and you start to question your self-worth.
6. They’re unsupportive
In whatever your pursuits are, this person always has something to say about it. They rarely say: “Wow, I’m so happy for you.. That’s amazing!.. I can’t wait to hear more.” Instead they just don’t support you, they don’t offer words of encouragement, and you just don’t feel like you’re supported.
7. They’re a bad influence
They push you to do or try things that aren’t good for you, because they are so unhappy with themselves that they don’t care about your health or well-being either. This can range from anything like drugs, or simply spending more money than you can spend. Overall they encourage and push you to make choices that don’t have your best interests at heart.
8. They’re envious of you
This person envies you, and it comes across in the most obvious way, but they will never admit it. Instead they will pick on you, and try and bring you down because they know that they can never be you.
9. They’re gossipy
Gossipers are the worst people. Not only does gossiping display your unintelligence- that you have nothing better to talk about than others, but it also shows signs of insecurity and weakness within yourself. So if you have a friend like this, which most of us do, then you should be weary of the amount of time you spend with this person, because a gossiper is certainly bad company to be around. Also be cognizant of any time you may spend gossiping- it is only harming you.
10. They’re judgmental
This person is judgmental of you, and of everything. They’ve always got something to say, which is why you’re afraid to share things with them, because you’re afraid they might judge you.
All of these 10 things prevent you from being your authentic self, and they hold you back in life, because you are in such bad company.
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10 Warning Signs That You’re In Bad Company is a post from: LifeDaily