help dealing with harassment

[Ronduwil]

This is great advice if you live in a fairy tale where right always wins. In the real world, power is what wins, and some people don't care if they hurt you. Some people enjoy hurting you. The only way to make them stop is to make them scared of you.

You're the one who seems to be living in a fairy tale here. There's power in dealing with things maturely. You don't need fear to make the system work for you. In fact, fear only gets in the way because karma is real. My biggest successes in life came through kindness, not fear. If you help people out, you'll always have someone willing to help you out. If you attempt to make everyone fear you, at best, no one will be around for you when you find yourself in a bind. At worst, you'll fail miserably and end up in a worse situation than before. I don't know who taught you to think like this, but I suggest you rethink how you're living your life.