“A Gentle word allays anger, A harsh word provokes anger” Proverbs 15

the way I started has been to meet bullying with anger, but that does not ever work, if anything it just makes you seem like a fool,

When I started to meet people more gently I actually ended up being made fun of less and less, I believe this bible passage with all my heart. I am now learning to anticipate why people do things that they do, to better react. For instance, when my bro blasts his guitar it is not to annoy me, it is because he is depressed or mad (not at me even) so is it better to get into a yelling fight and then fist fight, or migrate to a different room and do something else, I find doing this, HE actually comes into the other room, and that tells me that he is over it and also shows me that that is the only way he can release stress. He will never listen to an argument in a state of depression.