Stop being afraid of everything. It is becoming increasingly clear that this may not be the case. Being cool to people gives them hope. It gives you hope too. Help anyone who needs it and pay back every favor given to you in spades.
Assholes are their own punishment.
This is my body. I will take full responsibility for the actions of this body. I will not be controlled by the body of another. There is no priest, no politician, no boss, no cop, and no concerned citizen who will ever convince me that they are performing functions necessary to my continued existence. They do not matter, they only impede.