Absolutely YES! In therapy, I learned of the Meta Message - a silent energy or signal that we all send out to those around us that tells them of our inner reality and feelings. It's the signal that can cause a dog to attack and bite one person but not another person. The dog recognizes the inner state of the one sending the Meta Message and reacts to it either positively or negatively.

When I first learned of this, I felt HOPELESS to do anything about the silent messages I was automatically sending out there and then I discovered Self Esteem work so I went to work on fixing my inner reality and soon noticed that I was no longer ATTRACTING bad people and bad experiences. My "new" meta message was healthier and actually repelled unhealthy people!

Like attracts like and if we have a positive inner reality, it attracts other positive beings while simultaneously REPELLING negative beings. That's been my experience in therapy.
good luck attracting some better experiences,
jim