Take a moment to celebrate your friends both near and far by exploring the eight defining characteristics of what being and having a best friend really means.

Friendship is categorized into four types: acquaintance, friend, close friend and best friend.

The 13 Essential Friendship Traits

• I am trustworthy.
• I am honest with others.
• I am generally very dependable.
• I am loyal to the people I care about.
• I am easily able to trust others.
• I experience and express empathy for others.
• I am able to be non-judgmental.
• I am a good listener.

• TELEPATHY.
• HONESTY.
• HUMOR.
• EMPATHY.
• GENEROSITY.
• TRUST.
• ENCOURAGEMENT.
• STEADFASTNESS.

7 Traits of True Friendship

• Friends who are empathetic.
• Friends who are selfless.
• Friends who are trustworthy .
• Friends with shared interests.
• Friends with different perspectives and backgrounds.
• Friends who are humorous.
• Friends who are team players.

The definition of a true friendship is someone who has your back, no matter what. They watch out for you and ensure you are not in danger. They will never purposely lead you into making decisions that aren’t good for you. A true friendship will always have your best interest at heart.

19 Behaviors That Will Out A Bad ‘Friend’ As No Friend At All

• They don’t act like they care when you tell them personal stuff.
• They leave you on read all the time.
• They only talk about themselves.
• They talk over you all the time.
• They blame everything on you.
• They get upset if you hang out with others.
• They have a rude comeback for everything.

Behaviors and Traits of Bad Friends

• Talks Badly About You to Others. Good friends have your back when they’re with you and when they’re not.
• Pressures You to Do Things You Don’t Want to Do.
• Takes Advantage of You.
• Spills Your Secrets.
• Constantly Judges You.
• Knowingly Gives You Bad Advice.
• Puts You Down.
• Lies Often.

Jealous people are incredibly toxic because they have so much self-hate that they can’t be happy for anyone around them. And typically, their jealousy comes out as judgment, criticism, or gossip. According to them, everyone else is awful, uncool, or lacking in some way.

It actually is a desirable human trait. However, some people (for various reasons) are overly nice; they will be at the beck and call of everyone, put up with abuse and disrespect, and always put their well-being aside for others. Being overly nice has tremendous and long-lasting negative effects.

In a toxic friendship, you never feel that support or compassion. You feel minimized when they brush off your problems or ignored outright if they never respond to your messages or requests for help. In short, they aren’t there for you when you need a friend most.

There are other signs of this disorder, such as:

1. repeated texts, emails, and phone calls to the person they’re interested in.
2. a constant need for reassurance.
3. difficulty having friendships or maintaining contact with family members because of the obsession over one person.
4. monitoring the actions of the other person.

Six Signs Your Friend Is Jealous

1. They greet your good news with negativity. When something good happens, you want to tell your closest friends about it.
2. They frequently try to outdo or one-up you.
3. They make you feel bad about yourself.
4. They struggle with insecurity and self-esteem.
5. They don’t offer support.

See if they have your back during hard times.

1. Think about a time when you were having a really hard time in your life.
2. A true friend should be with you through the good, bad, and ugly.
3. A fake friend, or someone who you are not close to, will probably only stick around when things are going well.

Emotionally Detached? 15 Signs They Don’t Really Care About You

• How to know someone is emotionally detached.
• #1 They’re not compromising.
• #2 You find yourself bashing them.
• #3 They find flaws in you.
• #4 They’re too nosy.
• #5 They don’t argue with you.
• #6 If they do, it’s all your fault.
• #7 They’re inconsiderate.

without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.

Two psychological terms particularly associated with a lack of empathy are sociopathy and psychopathy. Psychopathy, which comes from the Greek roots psykhe, which refers to the mind, and pathos, which means suffering, has shifted in popular meaning over the years, but it has always been associated with mind sickness.