7 Proven Strategies to End Toxic Friendships.

A new study published in Personality and Individual Differences explores the dynamics of undesired friendships and how they can be far more complex and prolonged than the dissolution of romantic relationships. According to Psychologist Menelaos Apostolou of the University of Nicosia in Cyprus, Greece, terminating an undesired friendship might be a necessary evil you need to practice for the sake of your happiness and well-being. The study found that people typically use one of two strategies to dissolve friendships they no longer view as essential to their lives: gradual termination and immediate termination.