It’s okay to distance yourself from those who are toxic or only hurt you – those aren’t real friends.I really discovered this for the first time when I was 16. I had a friend I realized was manipulating me and holding me back, so I cut her out of my life. At the time, it was really hard for me to do since we had been best friends for years and I was really shy and quiet back then. However, afterwards, I made better friends and things got so much better. Don’t allow people to walk all…