You requested, so here it is! After an Instagram poll, many of you voted and wanted to hear about friendship red flags and romantic relationship red flags. But friendship red flags squeaked by with the win to go first. So, this episode covers several red flags or potential red flags where a friendship may be toxic or just may no longer be healthy for you. One of the key indicators is to pay attention to how you feel after interactions or conversation with this person. It goes back to your emotional bank account and noticing if people are energy takers or energy givers. Do you feel fulfilled or exhausted? Do you cringe or feel dread or just that you don't have the emotional capacity to answer when you see their name pop up on your phone? These could be red flags or signs that this person isn't healthy for you. Do they ignore your boundaries, even after you've expressed them? Really pay attention to these things if they become patterns of destructive behavior. Does this person constantly gossip and trash talk negatively other friends in their life? If so, they're doing it to you, too! You are not immune to this. If they are sharing other people's personal and confidential information with you, they're sharing yours with others. If your friend only shows up for you when you're struggling or your life is in shambles, this could be a problem. Your friends will want to support your endeavors and ambitions and your successes and celebrate with you along the way. Are they jealous or do they criticize you all the time? Do they use sarcasm as a mean way to cut you down, but then say just kidding? Again, looking for patterns of these behaviors could be useful. Are you all of a sudden their best friend in the whole world even though you hardly know one another? Best friend status should take some time to establish to really get to know and trust one another. Narcissistic behaviors, like love bombing, can happen in friendships, too. It's not exclusive to romantic relationships. And maybe one of the biggest red flags is if they don't really have any other friendships, especially long standing friendships. The definition of this may vary based on age, but if they constantly have a new best friend, but then they cut them out of their life because they've always been wronged...this could be a big red flag! At some point, what is the common denominator? People should be able to maintain healthy relationships and friendships for extended periods of time if they have healthy boundaries. If you've experienced any of these or other red flags or toxic friendship behaviors not discussed here, please share them!

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