I have an old "friend", I know him for like 25 years (i am 29) and every time I see him i get a very weird emotional reactions. I feel some fear, disrespect and powerlessness towards him. He can be offensive and say mean things and I don't want to go to his level, so I always try to avoid him. I feel like he views me with disgust and that puts anger in me. Sometimes it feels like fighting back could lead to a huge escalations and I don't really want to end up in a fist fight.
So i always try to avoid having to interact with him because of the emotional response he triggers in me.
He feels somehow more powerful than me and I don't know why. It doesn't make much sense to me!

I always feel like he has something mean to say to me!

Does anyone experience stuff like this?