Coping with feeling like people are conspiring against you?

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I know I get defensive sometimes, especially when I don't feel I am being taken seriously or feel I am being seriously misunderstood or mistreated. Still, I am not a basically paranoid person, and I do have a good amount of (what I think at least is) pretty solid evidence to support my suspicions; still, I do also know that interacting with people as if they are conspiring against me only makes things worse and gives them, in their mind, equally valid reasons for intervening on behalf of others, which in turn gives me more evidence for my perspective, and so the cycle goes. I am interested in any advice or perspective from anyone who has this issue, and more important, from anyone who has successfully disrupted this vicious cycle. Such as in a work setting. Thanks.

I've actually spent a lot of time thinking about this, since mine is just paranoia with no basis in reality. For me, it's my brain lying to me, distorting reality to make it seem like people are against me, even with a phrase as simple as "please pass the salt." I am an incredibly paranoid person but I'm really glad that I'm logical enough to realize that for me, it's not valid.
I don't know if my experience can help at all though, since you say you have evidence :/ I don't know if I'd be able to just ignore it if there was actual evidence of a conspiracy or anything. I suppose that's why I don't have people to hang out with...

Can you give an example of what you're talking about? Maybe a situation that's happened?

Thank you for responding. I do not want to repeat things I have already said, so if you are interested you can read my other posts, which are related. If you feel like it. I could say more, but I am feeling saturated with it right now. Thanks again.