Why is it that rejection hurts so much? 💔 Whether it’s rejection on a dating app, a dream job, or a new friendship. It’s never easy to stomach. Whether we want to experience these emotions or not, rejection will always sting.
👀 Did you know that our emotional pain pathways piggyback off of our physical pain pathways? If you gave someone who experiences emotional pain a painkiller, they would find themselves experiencing some relief. Wild, we know! But, unfortunately it’s going to take a little more than that to soothe the sting.
👉 So, how do u cope with rejection?
- Find an explanation that doesn’t come at the expense of your own self-worth.👏
- Remind yourself that you are accepted, appreciated, and loved. Seek out the people in your life who make you feel that way.🤎
- Practice Self affirmation instead of positive affirmation. Positive affirmations are general statements of success and self-worth that you might not agree with during a time where you feel raw. When your self-esteem is low, you are saying things that are contrary to your belief and will actually make yourself feel worse. Practice self-affirmation instead, which is more focused on you and what YOU believe to be true. ✔️
- Make a list of positive traits that you know to be true about yourself. Pick one of these and write a paragraph on this trait and how u are able to use it to contribute. 🗒️
- This will bring your own self worth to the forefront and ease your sense of rejection. At some point there will be an employer, a lover, or a friend who will appreciate the traits that u have to offer.💌
- On the flip-side, it is also good to analyse any patterns that might come up with regard to you feeling rejected. If you keep getting rejected for a specific job for example, it might be that you need to up-skill yourself. Takeaways can be very useful and they are important in ultimately finding the success that has been eluding u.✨
We hope that these tips and tricks help you in some way. Just remember, rejection is not defeat! 🙌👏
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