There Are Some Healthy Ways to Handle Rejection
Rejection can be difficult. It can cause you to feel hurt, sad, angry, frustrated, or even outright mad. Rejection is not something that feels good. How can people handle it? This post will share strategies and tools to help you cope with rejection and recover. Because we know that there quite some healthy ways to handle every kinds of rejection.
Can Rejection Sometimes Hurt?
Rejection hurts. Sometimes it can make you feel like you aren’t enough for someone or something. This can cause you to have negative thoughts and feelings about yourself. Sometimes, emotional pain can feel the same as physical pain.
Before Rejection
Rejection can be a painful experience. Be ready to accept it. You don’t have to stop caring about what you want or taking chances. It’s about thinking about why you want certain things and what it means to you when you don’t get them.
Rejection can be challenging because we invest so much energy believing that everything will be a certain way or need to have the one thing we desire to be happy. However, this can make it difficult to see other exciting and unexpected possibilities.
It’s crucial to invest energy in a relationship and enjoy friendships and hobbies. This will ensure that you don’t place too much pressure on anyone to bring you happiness. Talk to others about being rejected. The fear of being rejected can be less frightening by knowing that others have been through it. How to Invest Energy on What Matters
During Rejection
There are many ways to reject someone: online, via phone/text, and in person. Sometimes you don’t know when it will happen, but sometimes it is unexpected. It can be challenging to predict how you will react to rejection. Here are some tips to help you deal with it.
Take Some Time to Cool Down
It is a good idea not to spend too much time with someone who has rejected or hurt you. Do not worry if it hurts or if you feel angry. This is important to ensure that you don’t regret saying or doing something you didn’t mean. While it may be satisfying, hurting them back will not help you in the long term. Here in this article, take note of our simple tips to apply whenever you encounter rejection. Remember, is being said that, “It is not what happened to you that matters, but how you react to it.”
Ensure to Feel All Emotions
There are many ways to feel after being rejected. Some people feel sad, upset, or angry. All emotions are valid. You are responsible for your emotions. You are allowed to seek support. However, you should consider the other people who can help you instead of making the person you rejected deal with your feelings.
Be Surrounded by Supportive People
It can be very beneficial to mingle with people who care about you and make you feel good. It doesn’t matter if someone rejects you. Many people will accept you.
Take Some Time for Yourself
It’s OK to have a few moments alone, as much as you love your family and friends. It’s OK to lean on others, but getting away from other people is also acceptable. Take some time to enjoy your company.
Take Care of Your Body
Rest is often necessary to heal from physical pain. Rejection can cause pain, so take care of yourself. Some people enjoy exercising or watching their favorite movies. Whatever makes them feel better!
Increase Self-Esteem
Rejection can make you feel negative about yourself. Make a list of accomplishments and positive things about you. This list can help you remember the good things in your life and remind you of what you have left. Ask people you trust for help if you have trouble coming up with something to add to those lists.
Talk to Professionals
Sometimes, your family and friends don’t have the right words of advice or the right words to help you get through rejection. For short-term or long-term support, counselors, therapists, and other support services are available to assist people in healing. If you feel the need for this type of support, it’s perfectly acceptable to ask.
After Rejection
Even after the initial pain has passed, accepting rejection can be challenging. It’s a cliché, but time is a powerful tool. It is impossible to predict or rush healing. If you feel better for a while, but then feel worse, later on, that’s fine. Healing can be a bumpy road, with ups and downwards. Your experience will vary depending on your circumstances and the nature of your rejection.
It could be personal if it felt like someone rejected you. It’s OK! You might have different interests, values, or goals. Someone may not like or appreciate you, but that doesn’t necessarily mean others will not.
Reflect on the Experience
Even rejections can be a learning experience. Refusing to accept rejection can be a learning experience to help you grow and prepare for your next one. What lessons did you take away? What would you have done differently?
Keep Taking Risks.
It’s OK to feel frustrated or disappointed after a rejection. It’s essential to learn how to deal with this feeling and not become enslaved. While rejection is part and parcel of life, it does not define you. There are many things you can offer.
Give Yourself the Time to Grieve.
You’ve had your hopes dashed. You might have learned that your crush isn’t mutual or that your friend has stopped answering your calls. These situations can create a complex web of emotions. Identifying each one can help you start the recovery process.
Consider Your Role in the Rejection of You.
Sometimes rejections aren’t always as personal as they seem. For example, a Tinder love rejection means that someone took 20 seconds to make an instant judgment based on criteria they won’t be privy to.
If you were once part of the office happy-hour crew, and suddenly your invites for after-work drinks have vanished, then it might be time to reevaluate your role in that.
List the Things That Make You Great to Heal Your Wounded Ego
The best way to heal an emotional injury is to regain your self-esteem and focus on what you bring to the table. This could be done by looking at your partner or neighbor. You can reduce negative self-talk and list positive qualities that you know you have. This will help you bounce back faster.
Avoid Negative Self-Talk That Can Lead to a Bad Relationship
Use a Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy technique to determine if your rejection interpretation is rational. Ask yourself: Is what I’m saying true? Is it logical? And is it helpful?
Be Around People who make You Feel Valuable
Rejection disturbs our fundamental need for belonging. It’s essential to spend time with people who are as open to you as you are and who think you’re great.
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When I was younger, I suffered from depression and a big portion of the reason behind that was rejection from family and peers as well as love interests at times.
It can be a hard path to tread, but there are many ways to overcome these negative feelings and low self-esteem issues and you did a great job covering them here.
I truly wish I had been able to read this article back when I was struggling myself, but I am so glad to see others have access to help they need!
Hi JerromyC, thank you so much for your honest comment. I’m very glad to learn that you were able to overcome those tough periods in your life. Some relational issues can be very tough to handle. I must salute your courage and restoration from the darkness. Rejection by family and friends can expose one’s life to all kinds of crises, vulnerability This quote is true, “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”I believe this can resonate with you?
Once again, be thankful, and hold unto your Higher Power, Cosmos, God, whatever name He is to you. I believe that God loves you more.