Here are some helpful tips to alert you to a toxic habit: You repeatedly hear the same critique from those closest to you. You find yourself needing to be extra defensive about a certain thing you did or said. You resonate with an insecurity you’ve noticed in someone else and have tried to fix it in them. As you develop your self-regulatory skills through using the 5 Steps, you become aware of toxic habits you have developed. You notice a pattern of people reacting negatively to something you’ve said or done. You notice a pattern as you start keeping a journal or thought diary.
