be careful NWTR...or you may have to change your name from "nowheretorun" to "now here to run" the race set before me!...lol...at any rate, you're a fellow "truth seeker" and I think also a lover of the truth, so I'm sure that you'll find it, don't accept anything less than the truth that transforms you, thats the first law of truth...if it doesn't change you, it's powerless! I have never been bullied, but I do have confrontation issues...I try to avoid them, I'm the sort of person who's "shy" when you meet me....(for about 5 minutes) What has helped me deal with confrontation is understanding that it's only what we believe about ourselves that can be used against us.