A toxic environment is one where the activities, the atmosphere, the people, or any combination of those things cause serious disruptions in the rest of your life.

When you are stuck in a context that is uncomfortable or unpleasant, the solution needs to come from within.  You can make a change that resolves the toxicity

Deal with It!

Living through a toxic environment without an unpleasant effect on your daily life ultimately having permanent long term impact is unlikely.

Doing nothing is not a good approach.  Either leave the environment, or influence a change to the activities, atmosphere, and people that has a real impact.

Of course, acceptance and embracing the toxicity is an option.  In this case, the environment is not considered toxic anymore because you mitigate that impact by adoption.  (This type of resolution does occur although not my personal choice – the Stockholm syndrome is kind of an example of this)

Influence and Impact

Leaving a toxic environment is not always a feasible option.  Livelihood considerations and even the impact of changes in your ongoing routine, need to be considered.

Influencing a change to the environment might also not be a practical choice and sometimes a combination of seeking change, targeting to exit and acceptance are all in play over time.

In the end, though, either one of these things occurs or the negative impacts of the environment take charge and you are permanently affected, in a negative way.

If the environment you spend the majority of your waking hours is toxic, consider action.  You may well regret it if you don’t