THE UGLY SIDE OF TOXIC RELATIONSHIP IN CAMPUS

 Relationships in campuses are really confusing. Whether it’s an intimate relationship or a friendship, there’s a fine line between healthy and unhealthy encounters. However, most college students can’t differentiate between the two.It has become a norm that students have gone the extra mile joking that being in a relationship at campus is a COMPULSORY UNIT of its own .

In most universities , students are living behind struggles and suffering to secure their "relationships" thus forgetting the main goal of being at school .Young men,play the role of husbands while young females ,wives.Not forgetting these are mere students with no jobs .

Young boys struggle to gather food, beauty , leisure and other expenses the "wife" could be needing, with few instances being the vice versa.At some point of the semester they go broke , having roles and duties to perform .This drives them to obtain money in all means such as selling laptops,phones , selling drugs , cheating parents and also obtaining loans that end up being defaulted.

Whether you’re aware of it or not, a toxic relationship may negatively impact your mental health. It can make you feel insecure or bad about yourself, leave you feeling drained and unhappy, place pressure on you to change something about yourself or may even be physically and emotionally harmful.

Signs of a toxic relationship students need to know

1)Lack of support

2) Toxic communication

3) Dishonesty

4) Dishonesty 

5) Negative financial behaviour

6)Jealously

How students will know they are in a toxic relationship ...

1)You don't feel safe 

2)You have bad communication

3)You feel exploited 

4) Judgement

5)You feel you have lost yourself

It's high time students should know their lanes and focus on their studies rather than being used in relationships.