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Originally Posted by padme  Thank you both for your replies. I appreciate them. It's just difficult for me to understand how I could be responsible - even a little bit - to how people in general treat me. I don't feel responsible for my allowing my friends to put me down and call me names. I didn't provoke them. I didn't do anything to them. I didn't ask to be treated badly. It would be insane if I did. And what about complete strangers and other people who barely know me who say nasty things to me behind my back (or to my face)? Surely I can't be held responsible for that. |
Padme, people treat you that way because YOU ALLOW THEM TO! If you behave like a doormat, people are going to treat you like one. There's nothing good or bad about that, it's just the way the world works. If you want that to change, you have to speak up for yourself with confidence. Don't let people talk down to you. If someone does, challenge them. Be respectful, but at the same time show them that you're an able-bodied, intelligent person just as they are. If you can make a habit of this, things will change.