How do you handle gossip at work

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I know people in my workplace have being gossiping about me. There's one person in particular who I work closely with and get on well with and I discovered she spread stories about me. I wish I didn't care but it does hurt. Leaving is not an option and I feel I cannot say anything to them in case I get asked to leave.

Is anyone else better at handling this kind of situation?

Have you thought about telling your boss about other employees gossiping about you? Or do you think your boss is one of those gossiping people too?

This kind of stuff crushes me. :/

Can't deal with gossipy social workplaces.

Sadly, you can't stop people gossiping. The only thing I can think of to do is be as nice to the gossipers as possible. Maybe they will feel ashamed for picking you as a gossip target and stop.

Good luck with it. I hope it stops soon.

I work in a workplace where gossip and drama are explicitly forbidden, and so far I have not observed any.

I had observed gossip in previous workplaces, however, and my impression was that this gossip originated from people who did not have much going on in their lives outside of work, and worked fairly mundane, repetitious jobs. When someone attempted to gossip with me, I'd give very short replies merely to acknowledge they said something, and then ask them something about themselves. Often times, people actually would rather talk about themselves than someone else. When I have overheard gossip about me, in the past I usually just ignored it as I did not know how to address it any other way. Typically this gossip would just consist of people remarking about my eccentricities.

Work a solo job. I'm on the road and work with no co-workers. It's paradise.