When You Find Love is a Poem by L.M. Carleton.
When you find love,
you’ve changed toxic behaviors.
When you find love,
you’ve overcome emotional anguish.
Author: L.M. Carleton
When You Find Love a Poem
5 Ways to Prevent a Toxic Relationship with Drama
What is a toxic relationship with drama?
Toxic relationships develop when one or both people are mentally unhealthy and emotionally unstable.
When a relationship starts on shaky ground, the toxicity identified by excessive drama increases unhealthy behavior patterns (passive aggression, manipulation, jealousy, etc.).
These harmful behaviors create a toxic situation with emotional highs and heartfelt lows. As the anxiety builds, you feel extreme love and hate and express deep sorrow and forgiveness.
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Upstate, New York. Mid 1980’s.
My father always had a way with words, and one day, in a moment of anger, his advice planted the healing seeds of faith. It happened after my husband destroyed all our wedding presents, except an elegant family Bible, in a fit of rage.
Several months later, he made me ask my father to purchase the Bible for drug money. I walked up the steps to his small apartment, knocked once, and opened the door. Stepping into the kitchen, I notice him sitting on the side of the bed in the next room.
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