I don't know about your situation, but I can relate an experience of my own.
I have a pinned post about how, 50 years after high school graduation, I connected with a girlfriend from those teen days, and how the two of us have become friends.
Well, someone tore into me about how horrible I was for breaking up with that gf in HS, and no matter what I said, she would just keep up her rant against me.
I finally realized that this SWeep must have been deceived and hurt terribly by a man when she was younger, and she was projecting all of that onto me.
So I let the matter rest. After a while, I went back to that post and deleted all the conversations involving her.
So, she was indeed mad at me "for a reason", but the reason was not exactly rational. Maybe in your case, there is a similar explanation. At any rate, I am very sorry that you have had to put up with this.
Probably issues dating back to school when they weren’t popular and they look at you as being very successful at being liked here. It might cause resentment that you haven’t earned.
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It’s unfortunately part of life..makes more sense when it’s someone we don’t like either
I especially love it when you tease your bestie @ShepherdBard , and go at it for a few rounds , and have me grinning like a goofball in public spaces ....
People will find a thousand reasons to dislike somebody, or everybody. It's our forte
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If it’s in the workplace…They probably see you as competition. You’re probably smart and good at what you do, they think you’ll steal their place or become their boss etc. Work jealousy is very common and I’ve always found it ridiculous.
Granted, the only thing I know about you is you don't sleep well but you come off pretty decent. Some people are a bit neurotic or insecure, some internalize it, some externalise.
Regardless it's not a reflection of you, they're gonna be dead someday so it's on them to waste their time being negative.
[@mindstruggle ] that is pity in a way as you seem an amicable enough person sadly not everyone can like everyone for whatever reason. sometimes they are minor petty and spiteful and that sort of tends too describe them as a person too