How well I know this, seawhale ... I've worked in a few toxic work environments in my lifetime, and it can definitely impact our mental health BIG TIME!

Whenever I find myself in an intolerable work environment now, I make myself a smaller target by avoiding and/or ignoring the toxic people I work with while I actively look for another job. As soon as I have secured another job, I tender my notice and get the heck outta Dodge!

It's customary to work out a two week notice in most places, but I've found that a toxic work environment will let you go as soon as you tender your notice! That can be a blessing and a curse.

It's a blessing because it gives you a couple of weeks to get your mental health in a good place before reporting to the new job, but it can also be a curse if you are unlucky enough to be living paycheck to paycheck.