Long story short, my ex-friend keeps bullying me in various ways. She is friends with all my friends and always seems “innocent” and “shy”. I don’t talk to my friends about the issues because I know they would never believe me. The few times I did tell someone else, they never believed me and thought I was lying for attention. It’s so frustrating… what should I do?
Best way to deal with bullies is to ignore them. If you have common friends who are facilitating the bullying, then you need to do without them.
Assuming that you don’t feel physically threatened and without more information, step one would be to inform her, privately, that you do not appreciate the unwanted attention. You will need to have some specific examples.
If it doesn’t stop, you will go to step two, which would be a formal complaint of bullying or harassment.