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This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.

Okay. You're listening to the Friday fix. Every Friday, I share a quick mental strength strategy that can help fix the thoughts, feelings, and actions that can hold you back in life.

Do you ever avoid doing hard

things because you're afraid that you'll get rejected? When you do get rejected, do you try to

hide it from other people? Do you try to convince yourself that you don't care when you get

turned down for something? If you answered yes to any of those questions, today's episode is for

you. I'm talking about how to

stay mentally strong when you get rejected, whether you get rejected by your love interest

or you get turned down for a promotion. Rejection hurts, and it hurts everyone. It's just that not

everyone admits it. Some people are going to say, no, I don't really care.

And other people are going to say, actually, I'm kind of glad I got rejected.

And don't get me wrong, there might be times when you realize that rejection was a blessing in disguise.

It takes a while to get there.

When you first get rejected, you might question what's wrong with you. It's normal to think

maybe I'm not good enough or maybe I'm not smart enough. You also might convince yourself that you're

not going to try to put yourself out there ever again just because you don't want to feel the pain of

rejection. That's normal too. We all want to feel a sense of belonging. We want to be included. We want the

opportunities that we strive for to match up with the way that we see ourselves. If you think you're

competent enough to do a certain job, it hurts when you don't get to position because it might

mean someone else doubted your ability to do the work. We want other people to see us as just as capable

and just as competent as we think that we are. We also want them to see us as the kind of people

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