Has your focus seemed to shift from serving to survival?
Does the whole church or ministry culture seem toxic?
Have you wondered how to help others see the destruction an individual is causing?
Do you find that a conflict resolution plan isn’t working?
Are you becoming more anxious as time goes on about future interactions?
Do you realize that no matter how hard you try to be more understanding, communicate clearly, or do “better,” nothing improves for long?
Have you researched toxicity and narcissism, and it seems to fit, but you’re not sure?
Do you feel paralyzed and don’t know what to do next?
Are you afraid of ruin if you expose the truth? (financial devastation, rumors/lies, smear campaign, loosing your job, loss of community, etc.)
Have you been labeled a trouble maker when you tried to expose a problem(s)?
Have you recognized this is harming you emotionally, physically, and spiritually?
Did you seek help within your church or organization, but you were invalidated, blamed, and left unprotected from further mistreatment?
Does it seem like people are taking sides, and you are part of an invisible war?
Does everybody seem to love the person who is mistreating you? Do you worry nobody else would see it as abuse?