Rejection triggers

Abandonment and rejection can trigger our most primal fears. We might feel like we're going to crazy, lose sleep, feel lost, or play out what we could have done differently over and over again in our minds. Please know that if someone doesn't want to be in relationship with you anymore, that doesn't mean you're broken or unworthy of being loved. They weren't the one and only person for you. Life has a plan . . . give even 1% of your trust to that if it's all you can give. You are going to…

Getting rejected is one of the most difficult things to go through. People tend to make rejection mean something about them, when in reality, it means absolutely nothing about them. Rejection is actually the best thing that can happen to you, and in this post you'll learn the three alternate reasons for why you were rejected.

'RSD is characterized by extreme sensitivity and an OVERWHELMING EMOTIONAL RESPONSE being triggered by rejection or criticism (real or perceived). It’s not our fault. It’s a brain difference. Apparently almost 100% of people with ADHD (and a large proportion of autistic individuals) experience RSD. Why was I never told this when my children were diagnosed? When I was diagnosed? I learned about RSD via the ADHD and autistic community, not via professionals. [click for full text]

When I first read about Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria I was like "Wow. That's exactly what I experienced." There's still a lot of research being done about RSD* and while it is not something that you can be diagnosed with, it is a way to describe symptoms and it resonates with a lot of people -

Nothing triggers our abandonment wounds like intimate romantic connections. Some of the goals of couples therapy include 1. Creating awareness into one's attachment style and its symptoms - these include thoughts and behaviors that indicate attachment activation. 2. Creating awareness into triggers - what are some of the events, and how does one perceive them as rejection and why. 3. Creating coping tools and strengthening regulation of each o Partner, so they can access their higher ...

Healers of the Light on Instagram: "Rejection can be experienced in many circumstances not only in relationships, but also when we have certain goals or plans and somehow they fail. In some cases failure comes with a sense of rejection. Also when we feel shame, specially in connection with our body image of self expression, this shame also comes with a direct or indirect sense of rejection. When working with some emotions or memories we should always ask to ourselves, what other emotions…