People don’t just end relationships with people who are “toxic.”

Sometimes we end relationships with people who are actually very good to us because they
bring up feelings we can’t handle
force us to look at our behavior
ask us to meet certain expectations
see the good in us

There are children with good parents whose isolation or distance has nothing to do with them.

There are relationships with empathetic, understanding partners that end because the other person wasn’t ready.

Someone choosing to distance themselves from you doesn’t always mean you were toxic, abusive, or harmful.

Sometimes people walk away for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with us.

Not everyone that isn’t right for you or that you want to distance yourself from is toxic, abusive, harmful, a narcissist, etc. Sometimes it’s important to objectively look at the other person’s behavior, why we want to run from them, and what feelings they’re bringing up in us.

Do harmful, abusive people exist? Yes.
Do we often have to set boundaries or walk away from them? Absolutely.

But, it’s also important to recognize when we’re trying to run from people who genuinely love us and want to help.