Mary: I am in the process of writing my dissertation on the topic, "Living by Your
Spiritual Vision in the Toxic Workplace," for my Ph.D. in Metaphysical Counseling.
I am interested in any stories readers of this newsgroup may have on working
in an emotionally toxic workplace.   When did you begin experiencing it (Year)? What was the situation? What was done to you on a spiritual/emotional level by supervisors, co-workers, etc.? What did you do to transform/heal/change it?  Where you able to transform it, or did you just quit? Be as detailed as you care to be.
InkyPinkie: When I had decided to come to this plan, I was knowing what was expecting me and that this world would be emotionally highly  toxic, but the spiritual vision and dedication I brought with me from the beginning, gave me
the capability  to go through all the toxic environments of Earth's reality. It started still being in the womb of my mother who didn't give me any emotional security, she didn't have any by herself, living alone and trying to survive in a big city during the second world war. She tried to abort me with different means, but obviously my decision to live was stronger. But indeed the first environment was very toxic, the closest to me and what came from outside.
I still can recall the penetrating smell of decomposing cadavers in the summer heat of people under the ruins of their houses. War in fact is a highly emotionally toxic situation. To be born in a modern hospital adds another toxic impact to the emotions of the child without defense. I can skip this, the situations how new born children are treated is well known...
From my first days on I was left alone. My mother was working all day and came in between just for a few minutes to feed me. A babysitter tortured me in a sadistic way until my mother suspected something, then again I was left alone. Until I came into the kindergarten and then to school, for sure all places with no emotional support.
This was the first chapter of my life. The second one, growing up but still in school, then learning a profession etc. had just the normal toxic influence,
pretty much the same like for every body, nothing special strong contaminating,
only the usual emotional deprivations...
Betsy: Indeed one doesn't need to look for a specific work environment to
find exposure to toxicity. My own journey so far on this plane echoes
many of the same toxic exposures due to people and society. This is so
sad, that it made me cry remembering again my own pain and seeing 
another's.
InkyPinkie: ...The most emotionally toxic impact for sure was anything connected with the awakening of sexual feelings, which were mostly connected with fear and guild feelings in any direction. Something like pleasure hardly could show up because of the emotionally contaminated environment. With this another blockade built up, which then later on didn't allow to receive many good feelings from this source. 
Nobody will probably be surprised that the next chapter: "Relationships" was
not less toxic. For sure I tried my best: I gave attention, love and every
thing what might be needed in a relationship. Was it my emotional insecurity or
just the general toxic environment, in which every body wants more and more and
never is satisfy with what is there? It seems a pattern which repeated itself
after some time with all partners. They look for something more, maybe more
exciting, more perfect or whatever and then they try this but not making it
clear and so contaminating the relationship and destroying any emotional trust.
I can tell you that I went through the image of 'soul mate', spiritual oneness,
etc. and this gave me some positive energy to continue, but probably it would
have ended in the same emotional frustration if I wouldn't have given up this
beautiful concept before it became toxic to me.
Betsy: I feel very close to letting go of this concept as well. I think it is better to do this because I can see the toxicity of holding this concept. Much better to learn to be satisfied with what is here.
InkyPinkie: Another long chapter of my life is that what has to do with my work to realize my more or less idealistic visions. I went through various different ways and completed in years of hard work all what I started, but nearly in everything
the contamination took over and my projects ended in disillusion. A learning
process which was teaching me what reality is, in which of course I'm not separated. ...
Betsy: I think of my projects and how they ended the same way, in
disillusion. I had not thought of it that way before, but now I can
see that they ended when reality took over. They ended when I
started to take a deeper look at what I was doing. I see a similarity
in that in each successive project, I saw more connectedness of
all including myself. So also, in a way, it became easier to make new
decisions leading to directions that were less self-centered.
InkyPinkie: ...The project I started twenty years ago and which will probably be
the last one in my life, is not yet finish and at the moment I'm experiencing a
dance on a thin rope over a yawning abyss filled with toxic vast... 
Betsy: Are you saying that you feel alone surrounded by society's toxicity? That it surrounds, ready to envelope you at any slight mis-step? I feel that the project hangs by a thin thread, but since I've known about it, this does seem to be the general trend, so perhaps that is just it's nature.
InkyPinkie: ...There is no space to think what might be on the other side or even having thoughts if I might reach the other side or not. The only thing I can do is to take care of the next step I'm doing and I'm in a position where it feels like it doesn't really matter, where I'm going or if I might fall...

Mary: What did you do to transform/heal/change it? 
InkyPinkie: PS: Is there anybody interested to know about the second part of the story? That would mean telling about how I was able to go on in a creative way and not falling into deep depression or self destruction. Then please give a feedback.