Hera Hussain is the Founder of Chayn - a global volunteer-run project crowdsourcing resources on the web to address gender-based violence, outlines how to identify toxic behaviour.

How to identify toxic behaviours early on in any relationship

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The abuser might say things like: ‘If you loved me’, ‘every decent person would do this’ or ‘you should be grateful you have me’

Many of these behaviours look innocent or are explainable on their own – but together – a pattern of abuse begins to emerge

Abuse can be so subtle at first that over time you may realise you’ve had your autonomy taken away from you but can’t quite identify why or when it started. 

How to identify toxic behaviours early on in any relationship – family, friendship or romantic