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cause significant rifts in the relationships. This causes even more alienation
and this is when the vicious cycle starts up.
The actions of someone with self-defeating behavior will push away those
that love them. These people not understanding the situation will often just
not deal with a person. This can cause feelings of pain and betrayal in the
person with self-defeating behavior which results in increased isolation and
loneliness. This is when people start to get angry with them resulting in the
toxic person syndrome mentioned earlier. They feel that they are just
trouble and toxic and when they encounter someone their actions cause
the person to back away affirming the feeling that they are toxic.
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