So my friend/neighbor thinks its fun to make fun of me, humiliate me, insult me, etc., and it has really started to bother me... I've asked her to stop but she just calls me a wimp and makes fun of me some more. She was really nice when I met her and says we're friends and that she's like with all her friends, so I think she just means it all as a joke, but I don't know.

I know I shouldn't let this get to me, but she really made everything I don't like about myself blatantly obvious so now I feel terrible and my self esteem is veritably shot. She said I need to be tougher and more assertive and that somehow she is helping, but this can't be the best method...

I don't really have a whole lot of friends and most of them will be out of town all throughout the holidays so I'd rather find a way to fix things here than to just walk away and be lonely for the remainder of my break. I must really seem pathetic right now but I have to do something because I hate being bored and alone