5 Warning Signs of a Toxic Relationship

Most people agree that love is awesome and finding the right person is one of the best feelings in the world. There would be nothing left to say if love lived in a bubble and relationships were as predictable as a Michael Bay movie. But unlike the closing credits of some blown-up superhero love story, sometimes love turns to loathing and the most promising relationships can go wrong; way, way wrong. When this happens, getting out of the toxic relationship can sometimes be infinitely harder than finding someone to love in the first place. Why is that, you ask? Because, unfortunately, no one wants to recognize that they have found themselves in a big, steaming heap of relation-shit.

In case you are wondering if your current situation is the kind that you should run screaming from, here are five warning signs of a toxic relationship.