Stoicism might help. Also understanding the psychopathic mindset, they have no emotions to provoke, and see life as a game of chess, but they are still not free, only hidden in the chaos they create, imagine being able to manipulate people with emotion, seeing them all go crazy and outraged, while they sit laughing. (Puppet masters)This is how we appear to them. "You stepped on MY FEELING, because I'm attached to that label or that idea about myself and others." Self Awareness is, and will always be, your greatest tool, it will lead to places far greater than how you see things currently, learning about yourself through observation only, not judgement or need to control will be the most useful thing you will ever do,it will set you free of all fear. Meditate learn to watch emotion flow and ebb without attachment, same as thoughts, and sensations. Just watch don't seek to change.

As a child you learned behaviour (reaction) when faced with abuse be it emotionally, psychologically or physically, your response would be fight, flight, freeze, or fawn (people pleasing). Most children unable to run will freeze or fawn. However, when a child is severely abused or neglected, the self is abandoned, and they identify with the parents (superego), they become the abuser, and fawner, or mainly the abuser. Cut from from any self identity, they swing between egotistical abuser or mortification,no one likes mortification so they try to remain in abuser mode (narcissist both whether mainly egotistical or covert, or sadist. Psychopaths are born. Another way a narcissist can be created is by being given no boundaries or self discipline. Abusers usually gravitate towards codependents (fawners) because they can avoid mortification and control the codependent emotionally. Figure out your main responses it will help in self awareness and learning about yourself and others, otherwise your set to keep repeating the same mistakes. It is better to be still, than reactionary, stillness allows space to watch ourselves and others, so be considered as to whether to respond or not.

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