People often describe waking up with dread and constantly feeling anxious.

Ask any clinical psychologist, and they will tell you that people rarely burn out because they are incapable. They burn out because they spend too long in environments that erode their confidence, safety, and emotional energy. Toxic workplaces don’t always announce themselves loudly. Sometimes they look polished and high-performing on the outside, but inside, they slowly chip away at mental health.

Mehezabin Dordi, Clinical Psychologist at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai, says, “A toxic workplace is defined not by the occasional bad day, but by consistent patterns of dysfunction: chronic micromanagement, unclear communication, unrealistic expectations, subtle bullying, or a culture that glorifies overw

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