Social Situation/ Phychology?

[Bronze]

Hi everyone, I've been meditating and self actualising since June 2016, I've found lots of progress in baseline happiness but not really in social interactions. I'm still insecure about many things (which I am working on improving and accepting) but at the moment  I have to live with them, and I find my friends will often poke fun at them, and many times it will put me in my head and ruin my confidence in that moment. Other occasions it has had very lasting effects and I have really got upset about it. My question is do I need to change friends to people who are a bit less dickish and more sympathetic (as I do know people who are), or learn to deal and overcome these feelings. I worry the first approach might lead to the same end as well though, as once I spend more time with the 'better' people they will eventually start doing the same. But if I choose the other, where do I even start? I can't really think of the phycological mechanisms responsible for this (apart from ego although I feel like that doesn't help me out much) or any methods of sorting this out. Many thanks for any help you have!

[ajasatya]

as your practice deepens and grows stronger and you become less toxic/judgmental, you should allow yourself to get away from toxic/judgmental people.

your purification process is getting closer to the point where you're supposed to transform loneliness into solitude in order to be at peace.

wish you the best!