Coping With Difficult People

I started a new job recently. But, I find the women to be very two-faced. I overhear them saying horrible stuff about me like how they don’t like me, or how I’m stupid, ugly and conceited. They also make jokes and laugh at me occasionally.Then, these same people smile in my face. I ignore it and I keep being friendly as I can’t control how they feel. But, it does hurt me as I am a sensitive person. Also, I find people like these wherever I go and I feel it is ruining my life. I have horrible anxiety and I don’t like to be in social environments.

Adults can be as cruel if not more so than teenagers sometimes unfortunately. You can’t control their behavior but you can control how you react to it and how it makes you feel.
If anyone tells you to report them to your boss, I personally would not suggest you do so because unless they are sexually harassing you, there is not much that can be done and they will find out you went to the boss and cause more trouble.
They are gossiping because they have no interesting life. Those type of people will do all they can to make others miserable in order to satisfy their need for attention so they aren’t the ones being made fun of.
You need to do your job, hold your head high, and realize that this world is not always going to treat you fair at all.
If you truly have extreme anxiety in general, I would suggest you seek professional help as there are treatments available and I suffer from anxiety myself and know for a fact you can be helped.
Never let them see you hurt and don’t take what they say to heart. You are just a target and if it wasn’t you, they would pick someone else. If a new person starts working there, they may move on because you refuse to ever react and start picking on the "new person" instead of you.
You are handling this the right way but I know you must go home every day wanting to just cry and the built up anxiety of all their personal attacks on you are not healthy.
You should not care what other people think about you; especially people that you are not close to.
Words do hurt people and we should all be conscious of what we say about others and their feelings.
Only care about your job performance and paycheck until you can resolve this in some way. You may have to look for another job but you said yourself this happens anywhere you go. Stay and face the demons and yourself is what I say.
Get help to do so first.

Like at holidays, or events that are a "have to be there" situation. How do you cope with rubbing elbows with
people that are rude, or those that purposely attempt to
block you out of the family circle?
Just want to hear some ideas from people that have
been in the same situation…..what they might have done
to make the event more enjoyable, or easier to deal with.
( i gotta attend an event for my parents, it’s a "must be there"
cause I love them lots )

I realize this isn’t the healthiest thing in the world, but I have a stiff drink and give myself a pep talk before I have to go. It works.

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this question is for my job application for a retail

I deal with them every day and they get more and more difficult. IT has to something you have done not someone else and they will ask you about it