Remember circumstances don’t make you. You make your circumstamces. Your environment doesn’t control you. You control your environment. If people belittle you they are projecting their own insecurities onto you. If people mind your own business your life is of more interest than theirs. If you are scared of something see what could be effective means for the situation to be remedied. If you feel people are cruel allow them to be so to their own detriment If possible set an example worth following. If not realize nobody’s perfect and making mistakes allows you the advantage of experience.