1) People don't hate me. I used to constantly think that I was a nuisance to everyone. Whenever I looked at someone's body language I could only see the anger and spitefulness. I can get past that now.

2) The following is copy-pasted from a previous comment of mine. It's a lesson I've not fully embraced until recently:

> "I guess the hardest thing is to fully trust yourself. Other people are just noise, as their opinions aren’t necessarily more backed up than yours. They often have a unconscious secret agenda that doesn’t fully take into account your well-being and the more someone is close to you, the more biased he/she is. “Don’t take risks”, “Don’t leave this place”, “Don’t leave me”."

Last but not least, get rid of toxic people. Get away from toxic environments. It takes time to heal from the negativity, the close-mindedness, the nihilism that rules upon so many lives and places.