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By Eil\u00eds Walsh<\/p>\n
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I was inspired by Bressie\u2019s speech on mental health which was held on April 5th<\/sup> this week. A key part of being happy according to Bressie himself was to \u201climit toxic people and environments\u201d. Which got me thinking of the one word toxic. What it entails and whether I knew or had toxic people in my life. No matter where you go in the world you will come across people who genuinely seem not to care what other people think or care about their feelings. Which always perplexes me because I do try to regard the feelings of people around me. I don\u2019t set out with malicious intent, no matter what the situation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the most brilliantly thought out of films and television shows you find sadistic characters that cause other characters pain and seem to relish the idea or even get a kick out of it. Which is interesting because you meet these people in real life all of the time. Talking to these people or even reasoning with them seems to be impossible. Honestly, you\u2019ll just get a bad taste in your mouth.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I am not talking about any particular person when I talk about this, but there\u2019s always that one person in an environment that HAS to kill someone\u2019s happiness no matter what. Whether it\u2019s you causing the negativity or not. I am sure everyone has been in a situation where someone who has a differing opinion decides to take it upon themselves to prove that the other person\u2019s opinion is wrong. Take from example; music taste. You get those who like rock music absolutely slating others for liking that of, say, One Direction. I\u2019m using this as an example as it\u2019s what I see most frequently on social media such as Twitter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What you\u2019ll see is those who listen to rock tweeting meme pictures slagging One Direction and thus their fans. It makes me so angry. I am not a One Direction fan, but I cannot understand why someone else\u2019s music taste would upset you. If you don\u2019t like it, why bother telling the person that DOES like it that YOU don\u2019t? Why? I don\u2019t understand why you\u2019d bother. It just creates unnecessary negativity. Why try destroy someone else\u2019s enjoyment? It will continue to confuse me as long as it keeps happening. If it doesn\u2019t affect you in the slightest, WHY bother getting involved. Stick to the music you like and keep your mean intentions to yourself. I repeat, why bother?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then you\u2019ll have people who like to \u201cstir s**t\u201d, who join your group on a night out or walk into a room full of people and whether by accident or on purpose cause trouble. I am always curious about these people. Is it entertaining for them to watch a situation form into something from a tiny ripple to a full blown storm? Or to watch a group of people descend into chaos. There\u2019s always that one person who creates bad feeling wherever they go. I hope to GOD I am not one of those people because I always set out with the best of intention. And in fairness, most people have nothing but positive intention. As Bressie said \u201climit toxic people\u201d. Don\u2019t let them near you, there\u2019s more to life than tolerating people that make you feel. It\u2019s just not worth it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n