Oh, I've wised-up about these people and want nothing to do with them anymore. However, my anxiety stems around the fact that any new people I meet who also know these same people, will likely base their opinion of me on what these awful people say to them about me. Isn't that how it always goes?

I can't geographically move. Plus, like the saying goes, "wherever you go there you are." You take your issues and problems with you, wherever you travel to. So, even if I had the funds to move, I'd still face the same issue: how do you deal with toxic people whose goal in life is to try to ruin yours (life, that is).

I'm determined to try to re-enter the creative circles that reflect my passions again, this summer. But I know that these people will try to undermine my every move by disparaging me to everyone new whom I come into contact with.