I think this was a big step. Wish I can get to the point when I can do it 'on the spot' but it seems that I don't even realize I'm being treated badly until, sometimes days or months later! I'm so used to it! It's so familiar.

This was a huge step. I don't know about you but when this kind of stuff happens to me I shut down. Later, I think, I should have ....

I can probably count on two hands the number of times I have responded to people who I percieve are attacking me. It is difficult to do because I'm used to getting physically harmed if I dare say anything that is confrontational.

Bravo, you stood up for yourself.