Everyone craves for a heaven-on-earth kind of relationship with their significant other; one that’s characterized by mutual respect, sensitivity, communication and constructive criticism amidst others. Truth is, there aren’t any relationships without its own fair share of challenges but how these challenges are resolved and the lessons learnt from it in order to forge ahead is one mark of a healthy relationship. No one walks into a relationship that is toxic open-eyed; which means most relationships that become toxic were once upon a time a seemingly blissful union. Hence, most people in toxic relationships hardly even notice the red flags when they pop up because they are often too carried away in love. It’s important to watch out for some pattern in your relationship to ensure that it isn’t toxic; peradventure you notice some red flags in your relationship after doing your assessment, endeavour to deal with it instantly before it takes a turn for the worse. Toxic relationships usually create low self-esteem in a person which could emanate from excessive verbal abuse. Worthy of note is the fact that you don’t have to blame yourself if you find that your once smooth relationship has become toxic or feel guilty that it’s your fault your relationship turned toxic. Here are a couple of questions you could answer that would help ascertain if you are in a toxic relationship or not.