6 Ways to Get People to Respect You (Avoid Being Taken Advantage Of)

Do you often find yourself being taken advantage of? Perhaps you’re often talked down to and treated as "less-than". Sometimes people can be harsh and judgmental. And you may feel as if they don’t hold any respect for you. It’s not always nice to hang around those who don’t value you, so if given the chance, it may be best to simply walk away and say good riddance. But, if you find you are always being subtly treated this way. Maybe you’d like to adopt some behaviors to gain respect. You can still be you, you just simply respect yourself enough to not let others walk all over you. To help you with that, here are a few tips on how to get respect!

Writer: Michal Mitchell
Script Editor & Manager: Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animator: Nayeli Meneses
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

References:

Join this channel to get access to perks:

Interested in writing for psych2go? Check out:

[zaline]

Respecting yourself first is a great advice, especially if you really want to be respected.

[thepurplekidx]

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

Albert Einstein

[Cdictator]

If someone doesn’t appreciate your kindness, that person doesn’t deserve to be your friend.

[iztime]

I always feel disrespected everyday in school. I'm always bullied and my classmates are always hiding my stuff... This afternoon I finally opened up to my mom and she really made me feel comfortable. Now I'm gonna change and show those jerks what I can do.

[itsyellow]

My mother: Did you actually try to use these methods on me, mortal?

[kenmakozume]

0:50 RESPECT YOURSELF
2:25 SET CLEAR BOUNDARIES
3:18 UNDERSTAND YOU DONT HAVE TO BE NICE ALL THE TIME
4:35 SPEAK UP
5:37 DONT OVER APOLOGISE
6:39 DISPLAY CONFIDENT BODY LANGUAGE

[Secretly_an_alien]

Don’t ever take kindness for weakness. That being said, be soft, but be ready

[FH-erus]

Toxic people admire you for over apologizing as they never like to take the blame for anything. Thank you for this video very helpful💜

[Mii..]

_"When you respect people, you aren't afraid of them. When you're afraid of them, you don't respect them."_
~ Julius Rock

[taabishkhanself-improvemen]

*5 things to quit right now:*
*1. Overthinking*
*2. Trying to make everyone happy*
*3. Living in the past*
*4. Worrying*
*5. Doubting yourself…*

Love from a small YouTuber💙

[Niclamanc]

I’m tired of being taken advantage of. It sucks to want to be kind to everyone but know that it will get me no where.

[jiyaa]

Gaining respect and not being taken advantage of is highly important in any friendship. I would like to share my experience since it's weighing on me.
I was friends with a person whom I used to talk a lot online, I thought we were great friends and everything seemed to be going too perfect. I was so nice to her and honestly OVER-NICE. It's not right. When we started offline classes I was constantly ghosted by her. She would rush off to her other friends in front of me, and the thing is I love her as a friend much more than she loves me. She would hardly give me respect and belittle me every time. Also I tried but I could not end my friendship with her. I can't ghost and she would always act like the victim if I tried to talk it out. Remember, if you don't want to be in a friendship NO ONE can force you. So, I have started distancing myself and I'm determined to detach myself from her.... Don't give in to everyone and stand up for yourself. You shouldn't settle for anything other than THE BEST. You deserve the best, know that. Start distancing yourself from people when you have tried everything and are still in the friendship which feels like a trap.

[tristancotton]

I am always too nice. I don’t talk much at all, I’m just there. People mistake my kindness for weakness or think I’m too “soft”, but it’s best I leave them to it. I don’t need to explain my kindness. Do I?

[SuperWiiBros]

I always try to be kind to others but it always seems they take advantage of my kindness and lose any respect towards me

[herzheyz]

You know what’s actually incredibly sad. Is that the comment section and also the video itself actually made me self realize once again; A life long issue that i have struggled with for an absurd amount of time due to past trauma. And the looming issue is that I’m a people pleaser… not an extreme case but to a point where i self neglected for so long that i almost caused myself to self destruct. Anyways i just had to get that out… Thank you and i hope y’all stay safe and maintain healthy growth. 😕

[omkarkhurana]

I'm a silent viewer of your content but this time I wanna let you know that we appreciate this advice and knowledge as it helps us in our lives.
Thanks Psych2Go 💙

[thedureads]

1 - Respect Yourself first.
2 - Set clear boundaries.
3 - Understand that you don't have to be nice all the time.
4 - Speak Up.
5 - Don't over apologize.
6 - Display confident body language.
{ Thanks for likes <3 }

[LivingALifeOfAbundance]

6 Important Guidelines in Life
-When you are Alone, mind your Thoughts.
-When you are with Friends, mind your Tongue.
-When you are Angry, mind your Temper.
-When you are with a Group, mind your Behavior.
-When you are in Trouble, mind your Emotion.
-When God starts blessing you, mind your EGO.

[Mr_Arachnid]

Last night I overheard my roommates discussing about everyone else and they were making fun of us all. When It got to my turn, they spoke about how they all had some kind of respect for me on meeting me first time. But because I became more open and free around them, they started showing disrespect, treating me like a minor entity. And after listening to their reasons for disrespecting me, I felt really bad. I think the best way to earn it back is to work on myself, be on my own lane, stop speaking to them and stop playing videogames. In fact. I wish I had never met them. I can't even change my room

[HardBloodNelza]

Unfortunately a big thing I've had to accept over time is that all people are unintentionally extremely shallow. If you want respect, you have to start surface level. Good posture. Good clothing selection. Look like you have wealth and confidence. You get the deal. I've observed this so many times in many different situations.

For example, substitute teachers. When it's an old balded guy with casual clothing, everyone gives them a really hard time. When it's a sharp looking 20 year old who isn't a substitute teacher for a living, they're praised and given good willed questions.

I don't really think this is just a personal belief of mine or some dillusion I've fallen into. Every single day I see the same types of people and including myself get ridiculed, stepped on, ignored, used as a platform to jump off of (used as a part of a one sided "prank" or "joke" to make other people laugh), mocked in regards to stereotypes, etc.

To boil it down really I just feel like I can't start anywhere if I don't start working on how I present myself.