Toxic Friendship Assessment

Difficult friends drain you sometimes and give back other times; the relationship is uneven but real. Toxic friendships have a consistent direction: you leave interactions smaller — more anxious, more criticized, more used — and the pattern doesn't change when you raise it. This test measures that direction across control, competition, reliability, and how you feel after seeing them.

Sometimes, if two things are true: the toxic pattern is situational (their bad year, not their operating system), and they can hear feedback without punishing you for it. The test result sorts your friendship into keep-and-repair, distance, or exit — with scripts for each.

Shared history, mutual friends, and intermittent reinforcement — the good moments are real, and they keep hope alive. That's also why 'just cut them off' advice rarely works without a plan for the group dynamics and the guilt. A structured exit plan matters as much as the decision.