Toxic Minds || How I Reduced Toxicity In My Life

What does toxicity actually mean?

In simple words, anyone who introduces a negative or not so pleasant vibe or feeling to you can be classified as toxic.

Does it necessarily has to be some another person dusting toxicity into our lives?

We've heard many talking about how toxic their past people were and how much great they've been going since they removed the toxicity from their lives.

Let's clear out this common misunderstanding that toxicity can be infected into our lives only via other humans in general. Sometimes, it can actually be your own habits , your own mind , your own thoughts .

Many a times , we infect our own toxic trait into our surrounding and unknowingly, we feel that it is being introduced to us by other humans. And all of a sudden you start feeling the whole world around has turned their back towards you. But it's actually you who flipped the directions.

How To Find The Toxic Factor In Our Lives

You don't need to do a whole research for pinpointing the toxic factor affecting your life. It will be indicated by a sudden change in the way you feel. You might feel life being a lot heavy upon you all of a sudden. A tiredness will hover dominating all your senses.

Just observe the aspect of life where the way you used to respond, has changed.

How To Overcome Toxicity?

The most common mistake people do is that they rush to search a person being responsible to bring in the toxicty.

The very first thing to be analyzed is how & when the energy started to fluctuate in the aspect where you felt the sudden downfall.

If we have some other person being toxic in our lives , then we can simply try different perspective to even out the situation, if that too isn't working, it's a good decision to calmly discuss your reasons with them clearly and cut the person off your lives in peace ( if you really want to stabalize your mental health).

But what if it's you? How will you be able to cut yourself off?

Isolating yourself or leaving your inner peace disturbed will be another toxic step you may induldge yourself in. But, you can definitely work upon reducing your toxic trait which will eventually diminish the impact of it on your life.

What I Did For A Healthy Surrounding

Sorted my energy zones to be invested in each areas depending upon what vibe it is radiating towards me

I started investing more energy in what made me happy like enhancing my happy hobby hours. I completely shut down the doors to all those things & people who let the toxic dust to me by any means.

To be honest, you will lose a lot of people in this process, but you will eventually end up with a few real ones who are meant to stay in your life for a healthy and meaningful purpose. Moreover, you will find many unplumbed parts of yourself which will also help you connect with your own self on a better note.

Started having more Plants in my surroundings

Sounds funny, but it really works. Plants purify the air around us which instantly lightens our mood and hence keeps us away from overthinking which can be listed in one of the 'toxic traits of self'.

Opted out from the comparison grounds

I've never been the gossip person and even never liked the company of those being induldged within gossiping. Hanging out with a group of people who are addicted to compare or judge others somewhere intoxicate you too with this filthy state of mind.

Started paying less heed to what others may think or say

Since a very young age, I've seen this everywhere from school to college to work organisations that people usually troll others for starting/doing something new which doesn't muse them.

Don't let anyone else take into their hands your happiness and make you doubt your own worth. It may be the toxic trait of others which is out of your control to manage. So, do whatever makes you feel your best version & worry not to be judged or criticised.

Practising being grateful

It often used to strike my eye what others might be experiencing or having is better than self. This leaves you in a never ending demand state and you'll always find yourself unsatisfied.

Be grateful. Simply cherish the blessings you already have.

Aim and implement for higher achievements instead of greeding for one.

Meet new people but choose wisely with whom to get closer

Meeting new people lets you inculcate their good habits.

Besides, it also makes you learn about various perspectives and how to work & deal with people accordingly.

But be extremely careful whom you choose to share your bits of life with. Appearances are often deceptive.

Life is a journey meant to be lived in such a fashion that at the end of the curve, it always remains a beautiful time reminiscing them. It's a choice to live with toxic trait & let it wrap your life into negativity or set your soul free & explore the hues of life. Choice is yours 🥂.