The Conversation: Toxicity

Did you catch it?

Was something said that sounded a little…off?

Was there an action that took you off guard?

Is your sixth sense kicking in, but you don’t know why?

Is there someone trying to tell you something about the ‘other side’ of a certain individual?

Are you listening?

Or is everything being brushed aside?

The conversation needs to spoken

The words need to be said

The behavior needs to be believed

There’s a toxicity that exists that many experience in silence

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil

So, therefore, it doesn’t exist. Right?

Will it only be believed if it leaves a physical scar?

Will it only be believed if the victim ends up in the hospital? Or even dead?

Do you see the warning signs?

Are you choosing to ignore them?

Is it because all you have to go on are words?

And the behavior of the victim?

Is it possible that the perpetrator is a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

Doing everything in his/her power to make the victim look like the crazy one?

It’s easy to gloss over things you see

To look the other way

To make excuses for what you see or hear

To have doubts

But if there’s a nagging voice in your head

And the victim keeps trying to finds ways to tell you

Through words

Through behavior

But the conversation needs to happen

What you see on the surface isn’t always what it seems

If someone is telling you something

If it seems far fetched

If it seems like a ‘But why…?’ scenario

If you’re asking the victim to psycho analyze the perpetrator

If you’re looking at the perpetrator as though they could do nothing wrong

If you’re looking at the situation with rose colored glasses

Take a second look

Ask questions

Talk to a social worker

But have the conversation