How to stop people from manipulating me?

I seem to be an easy person to manipulate into saying just about anything, or doing just about anything, and I'm tired of it. The only way I've found not to let it happen is just say nothing to nobody ever. It ticks me off that people can do this to me and not get in trouble for it, I'll try saying something about it, though I never had the words to say exactly what it was that was making me mad, they'll just shrug, ignore me and go back to what they were doing to me. These are people I just can't up and leave at present, I'm tired of being walked on, I don't know what to do anymore.

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I'm so sorry you are stuck being around people like this. You may have found the best way to deal with it though by not talking to anyone. That sounds like a good idea to me. You have to protect yourself from these bully's. I wish there was some other way but I don't see how. You'll need lots of these to get you through...

Hi. I can relate to your posts. I've attracted "toxic" ppl for years. I have a hard time saying no or standing up for myself. It's like I'd rather be compromised than to dare hurt another's feelings. I think a lot of it stems from low self esteem and fear of abandonment. I try to go by the philosophy that it's better to be alone than in a toxic relationship. But I know that's not easy. It's hard for me every day. Last week at a beauty sch a girl cut my bangs like 2 inches above my eyes. It looks awful, but I said I liked it !? I didn't want to hurt her feelings wth!? Oh well it's growing back - live and learn lol

Tnt

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You sound a bit like me. Have you set goals for yourself? My two main goals are better self esteem and to be more assertive. I have many other sub goals.

Yeah, I can relate totally! I wish I had some good advice for you, but I am dealing with the same thing myself. My therapist is helping me thru that right now. I know in my situation, it comes from low self esteem, and coming from a "sick" family. I like the idea of setting goals for one's self also. That is something that my therapist is helping me do also. Anyway, I wish I could give you some real great advice, but I'm not sure what else to tell you right now, except to know that you are not alone in this. I do find that coming on here helps alot-at least for me.

I can relate to you a lot from reading this! Starting from around Kindergarten I always had trouble "fighting back verbally" with other kids who used me. I wasn't the brightest student and I didn't look as great as the other students, so I was a target for many others; blaming, teasing, you get it. Around 9th grade was the worst time, especially Speech and Health Class. Usually, in my school, the same kids you had in Speech you had in Health (.5 semester classes). There would always be a group of kids (mostly the bratty I-think-I'm-popular kids) would pick on me just because I wore glasses and I had low self-esteem. I didn't look pretty or was social with them, so they thought they could do away with it. My "friends" were no help. They weren't close or anything and they thought it was something fun, so they never butted in.
After that hellish year, I'm in 10th grade. It stopped ever since. I'm surrounded mostly by respectable people and good friends. I stayed away from the bad influences because I know I can't bring myself to bite back, sadly. I suggest you stick with better people and avoid this kind of attention, but if it persists then talk with someone who will give you professional advice. Sometimes family and friend relationships cannot help with what you're going through, I've learned that the hard way. I hope that I gave you some kind of an idea~ ^_^