I (19f) made a new friend (19f) who I have realized is arrogant and egotistic. I’m an introvert who has anxiety and my third language is English so I’m not as fluent as this so called “Friend”. We were studying at the library and she started judging people who weren’t vaccinated yet and I told her that I didn’t think they should be judged and that I was against the gouvernement basically forcing us to take the vaccine (we have a vaccine passport where I live which you need if you want to participate in any social activities). I honestly did not want to rush my decision about taking the vaccine and I feel as though it was shoved down my throat ( I took this vaccine in fear of not being able to participate on social activities, protecting myself came 2nd) . I explained to her how the government was taking away our freedom in a way. She got really judgmental and starting stating facts and arguments about covid and how I was “ignorant” for not reading more about the vaccine as a science student and how I was “selfish” for not immediately taking the vaccine. She was attacking me in a way. I haven’t read that many articles about the vaccine, I’m not against it. I just thought that it should be a choice. And that you should be allowed to take your time. Anyways when she started calling me these names I just froze and was unable to defend myself due to anxiety. I felt really nervous and I didn’t know what to do. I have never been in a situation like this before. I couldn’t even hear what she was saying anymore. I didn’t leave the library I just explained my point again and  changed the subject. 

After awhile she tells me “I want to become a lawyer and I like making people feel small and stupid with my arguments” I replied to her by saying that is rude. 

Now I realized that, it is exactly what she was doing to me.

I was just telling her my opinion and she turned it into some kind of debate.

My question is have you ever been in this kind of situation where someone belittles you and you feel so anxious and your heart starts racing and you just freeze and you are unable to defend yourself?

What should I do in a situation like this if ever happens to me again? 

Also what do I do if I see this person again? We left on a friendly note but I feel like she is very unpleasant and that I do not want to talk to her anymore.

Please leave any judgmental comments yourselves.

Thank you for reading this far :)