See where I live, it's your "friends" who bully you.
I get stuff from these people every day of my life. The people you're supposed to be close to.
But I get by because I'm respected and looked up at by everybody else. I have a way with people, but when some primitive imbecile decides to make fun of me for no loving reason other than they can't find a productive way to raise their social standing with others, then they all join in.. it makes you loving hate people. It shows you how truly ugly some of these people can be to each other.
So I remove myself, let them crawl back to me.. then the same stuff starts over and over again.
One thing I've realised though, the people who were there for you at the start will stay with you through to the end. Don't forget that.