Too Sensitive To Rejection, Check Out 6 Tips To Overcome It

Illustration of tips on overcoming and learning to accept rejection (Freepic/wayhomestudio)

YOGYAKARTA The brain is designed to 'protect' oneself from rejection in a variety of ways. Even so, some people are more vulnerable to feeling rejected than others. This is known for its high sensitivity to rejection. Rejection related to romantic connection separations, orthost absences, to ostracization from social groups, can instill self-criminal attitude. In the end, being sensitive to rejection can damage mental health. However, sensitivity to rejection can be overcome in certain ways as follows.

The first way to overcome rejection is to accept it. To do this, identify the situation if possible to take a break to take this time to take a deep breath and try to accept a situation that makes you feel rejected.

Launching PsychCentral, Monday, August 28, one way to accept it is to write it down. You can even write letters to people you feel they are rejected even though you have no intention of giving them. This helps you express feelings that settle and disturb your mind.

It is important for those of you who are sensitive to refusal to realize that you are not the main cause. There may be many factors that play a role, including different perspectives. So accompanied by acceptance, you can finally realize that you are not the only cause of rejection.

Because a person's refusal can learn many things. Including learning about self-constraints, about which ones are suitable and not. For example, rejection causes breakup. You have the opportunity to consider suitability with yourself in the end.

Most of the pain caused by rejection stems from expectations and impairments. Say you're aiming for a certain position, but don't get that opportunity because it's not up to your ability. Then you need to re-evaluate expectations. Because maybe your expectations don't match the selection that becomes a reference for processing the position.

While the rejection hurts, trying to make other people change their minds is often ineffective and causes more harm. If someone sets personal boundaries with you, the most important thing is to respect them even though it hurts. Move on is a form of self-esteem that can help you become more confident.

When you are facing a painful social situation, try asking yourself about whether there is a lesson that can be learned from rejection. By digging and finding lessons, you have learned to recognize yourself and forgive yourself.

Those are the six ways to deal with rejection, especially for those of you who are sensitive and feel disturbed by situations that do not meet expectations. It is important to know, you need to adapt to a positive way so as not to develop a maladaptive countermeasure strategy.