Sounds like we should be friends. You sound like me.
When people try to break you down as a person it's because that's what hurts them. And when it doesn't affect you, they feel like they are nothing because they have no affect. See, someone did that to them and the only way they know that person had power over them is when they tried to do it back and they were laughed at.
I know all too well how to deal with those people. I have someone that thinks that is the issue with me but it is not. They are mistaking me wanting them to stop hurting me as trying to control them and they are about to receive a HUGE awakening in the coming fee months. And then they will be shown for who they really are and the world that they know will come crumbling down.