Originally Posted by
ashlesha
You should be cautious with people seem to have a higher risk of being abusive*, and when possible, you should avoid people who have a conscious or unconscious goal of hurting you. I hear the term "no contact" with respect to narcissists and I think it's because they're skilled at pulling you in and because there's an instinctive urge to create sense of things, or sometimes, as mclane shows lol, to destroy (or be the winner, or at least not the goddamn victim)
I'm not sure if you're talking about toxicity or just a fluffed up ego. The latter can be a little amusing from a distance (when not annoying as fuck)
*when I say abusive I mean inflicting cruelty for the purpose of control over an extended period in close relationships and not...feisty