Can a Toxic Relationship Make You Stronger?

Can a toxic relationship actually be good for you? In the classic sense of whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger? Yes. But I want to make something very clear. All challenges and difficulties that we go through are ultimately for our benefit. Our loving creator orchestrates our lives in such a way as to provide growth experiences. But I want to be very clear because very often what happens is there are different types of challenges that we go through. But if the challenge you go through is a toxic relationship, that has a very specific kind of effect on a person's psyche. Meaning to say, there are different challenges you go through and it doesn't make you doubt yourself the way the challenge of a toxic relationship makes you doubt yourself. You begin to think you are the inadequate, unworthy one. And then what happens is instead of thinking this is a challenge that I need to get over and get through and get past, you think, well, this is just what I deserve. Why would I think I should have anything better than this? And then you remain stuck. A toxic relationship can be a very fertile ground for spiritual growth. But preserve your dignity, preserve your self-respect, and don't think you deserve to be stuck in a situation like this. When the growth experience is over, it's