3 Reasons We Stay In Toxic Relationships

Heal Your Relationships · Dec 4, 2025 · 19m

Have you ever noticed how, in certain seasons of life, several people around you seem to struggle in their relationships all at once?

Almost like these things move in waves?

Sometimes these couples are good people with good intentions — people who genuinely care, but simply don’t have the tools or perspectives to navigate conflict or connection.

Those situations are painful, but they’re fixable with the right support.

And other times… when the situation is not “a rough patch.”

It’s a bad relationship.

There are behaviors that make the relationship feel heavy, tense, or unsafe...

And patterns…