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4 Crucial Benefits You’ll Gain After Cutting Off Your Fake Friends
You’ll gain more appreciation for something.
2 min readMay 4, 2022
*Block*
That word showed up at least 15 times on my phone (after I googled how to do it). I couldn’t take it anymore. The scrutiny I faced from being in a toxic friend group for 6+ years took its toll on me.
They always made racist remarks at me. They loved telling me their KKK jokes. They used me as their emotional punching bag.
Heck, one of them threatened to beat my ass in school when I tried to stand up for myself.
I got rid of them a few years ago. I couldn’t be happier.
I know you’re struggling to do this as I did. It’s hard to destroy a safety blanket you’ve had for almost a decade.
To encourage you to pull the trigger on your toxic-ass friends, here are 4 crucial benefits you’ll gain after cutting off your fake friends.
- You’ll gain crucial self-awareness — This quality has helped me develop higher friendship standards and self-confidence. I know who I am more than ever. Now I can spot a toxic person from a mile away. I’ve also gained more appreciation for being alone. I’m not as co-dependant as I used to be. I value talking to myself.
