How toxic is my world? – The Lightning Path

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The How Toxic is my World survey below gives a Toxicity Score. This is rough measure of how toxic your daily environments are. Honestly assessing the toxicity of your lived environments is a necessary precursor to a successful healing and connection process, since toxic environments prevent healing and connection and do considerable damage to your mental, emotional, and even physical health.

To get your Toxicity Score, carefully fill out the survey as honestly as possible. The higher your score, the more toxic your environments are. If you are the subject of violence, you must act to end that violence. If you are the source of violence, you must work to reduce and eliminate that.

Note, your brain is incredibly sensitive to all forms of toxicity. Any score over ten should be considered problematic.

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Physical Toxicity

Physical toxicity arises when force is used to to cause pain or discomfort, or to exert control. Physical toxicity includes spitting, hitting, strangling, burning, stabbing, choking, biting, weapons, confinements, withholding of medication, violent personal care, etc.

On the scale provided below, rate the toxicity of your selected environment. On touch screens, tap the dot and then use the popup tab to slide.

0 = none, 1 = occasional, 2, 2-3 times per month, 3 = weekly, 4= daily, 5 = multiple forms of violence, multiple times throughout the day

Physical Toxicity*

Sexual Toxicity

Sexual toxicity occurs when a person is forced or manipulated into unwanted sexual activity. Sexual toxicity includes touching without consent, rape, unwanted physical assault, unwelcome sexual comments, jokes, or leering behavior, denial of privacy, forced prostitution, withholding of sexual affection, purposeful exposure to STDs, etc.

On the scale below, rate the toxicity of your selected environment. On touch screens, tap the dot and then use the popup tab to slide.

0 = none, 1 = occasional, 2, 2-3 times per month, 3 = weekly, 4= daily, 5 = multiple forms of violence, multiple times throughout the day

Sexual Toxicity*

Psychological Toxicity

Psychological toxicity arises in environments where psychological force is used to intimidate, coerce, and control. Psychological violence includes threats of harm, threats of violence, threats of self-harm, destruction of personal property, verbal aggression, verbal intimidation, social/familial isolation, condescending behaviour, passive-aggressive attack, taking control of decisions, etc.

On the scale provided below, rate the toxicity of your selected environment. On touch screens, tap the dot and then use the popup tab to slide.

0 = none, 1 = occasional, 2, 2-3 times per month, 3 = weekly, 4= daily, 5 = multiple forms of violence, multiple times throughout the day

Psychological Toxicity*

Emotional Toxicity

Toxic emotional environments are characterized by emotional manipulation and emotional assault designed to hurt feelings and control behavior. Includes yelling, name calling, blaming, the “silent treatment”, isolation, humiliation and degradation (in private or public), intimidation, threats of abandonment, emotional withdrawal, denial of abusive behaviour, deflection.

On the scale provided below, rate the toxicity of your selected environment. On touch screens, tap the dot and then use the popup tab to slide.

0 = none, 1 = occasional, 2, 2-3 times per month, 3 = weekly, 4= daily, 5 = multiple forms of violence, multiple times throughout the day

Emotional Toxicity*

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Enter any additional comments that you may feel relevant to understanding the type of toxicity you experienced in the selected environment.

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