Thanks for your honesty and openness raising this issue. I too will take on the comments and advice from the responses. If I was to add something that has helped me, it was reading up more about assertive, passive and aggressive behavior, as well as finding a safe place with a registered psychologist so my thoughts and feelings could begin being validated and worked through. Naming feelings I am dealing with, writing them down and finding out more information about them has also been helpful. Helps me get control over the situation and not handing the power over to others by concerning myself about their responses.