When you are being harassed or stalked or attacked tell your doctor. That is what I did. It helps to get it out, not just your therapist your regular doctor.

Document it.

They may not have all the tools to help you, but it will help them to understand you.

1. When you are being insulted, ignore them. When they continue, treat them how they treat you but do it with class. It is not always easy to accomplish that so a couple slang words to make it effective can help. Time and place though, people.

   1. Don’t visit or spend time with them anymore. Which means choose friends, people or places that are healthier. No more instigators, be-littlers, harassers or physical abusers…etc.

      1. Save your energy. Fill up your cup!

2. When people lie to you and you know it, trust yourself. Gut Check

   1. If you can’t trust yourself around certain people or they change your behavior, don’t let them take your power. Find new friends, new family, not all families are healthy to be around.

   2. Be Mindful, check yourself. Remember you are entitled to be treated well, with kindness, with care. It is ok to expect that. In fact you should.

   3. When people manipulate you, bribe or tell you have to do something that makes you uncomfortable or breaks the law, be brave and say no. They are not your friends or even your family. They are intentionally putting you in harm’s way. Not thinking about you. They don’t care, this is obvious by how they treat you.