- Even though these people are infecting you, take care when removing them from your life. After all, your goodness may have a healing effect on them. This doesn't mean you should be in the business of fixing anyone. It just means you should do your best to avoid causing further damage when you might have the power to soothe their ails.On the other hand, you can always avoid making these toxic people the top 5 who occupy your life. Limit their presence on your news feed. Dilute their influence by hanging out with them in groups. And if this toxic person is someone you don't even know, remove him or her completely.
- "You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with." If that's true, you'd better believe that you're going to catch any noxious qualities your top 5 are suffering from. Keep in mind: these kinds of infections aren't only spread through physical contact. You can catch them through social media or even television. In other words, the 5 people you spend the most time with could be people you haven't met, people whose Instagram profiles you constantly peruse or even fictional characters on a television show you watch daily.At any rate, if any of your top 5 people are on this list, quarantine yourself from them post-haste before you catch their bad qualities.