I wrote an article about being stalked, harassed, and ultimately left unprotected by online and physical people (http://tinybuddha.com/blog/forgiving-situation-feels-unjust/). Mel is right: you have every right to feel that pain and while you may not appreciate the “walk away” advice at the moment, it is the best advice for you. In my situation, I learned that the people who act like that feed off of it and will not stop. Unfortunately, these types of people habitually do these types of acts simply to conceal their own pain–the cliched “misery loves company.”

After writing my article, I dealt with a person who would probably match identically to your tormentor–willing to say anything to get a rise out of people. He learned that I volunteer with minors who have learning disabilities and actually tried to claim that he had such a learning disability and was legally going to run someone over and “get away with it” but purposefully get me into trouble. He was denied any continued lessons with myself–this coming from an individual who is OLDER than me. My boss has since worked with him and discovered years of psychological abuse from his mother with whom he still communicates. This individual will never change because he does not understand that his behaviour is a direct result of his mother’s influence and HIS personal choices. Rather than seek assistance, he wants to drag other people down and blame the world for everything. Many people struggle, but it is the choices we make which define us as a person.

You are actively choosing to do good. Vocalizing your pain is NOT a bad choice and you should not feel as though it is even with comments like the one you experienced.

In your situation, you will never know for certain what this individual’s “problem” is, but it is very clear that the person is not someone for you to drop down to. Even Buddhism has the belief in hell-beings and that people choose to drop down to that level; a choice this person has even taken the time to write down.

I sincerely hope that you are able to go down that path to walking away from the situation.