Rejection: why it hurts and how to deal with it

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🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Rejection is extremely common - and the feelings we get surrounding it make total sense. Scientists and psychologists have been studying why it physically hurts, why we have such extreme reactions to rejection and what are some tips and tricks to cope. Mitch was recently rejected - so today's episode is for him and anyone who is dealing with or may in the future deal with being rejected.

STUDYTIME: how to deal with rejection

WDWLTW:

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Resources:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734881/

https://sanlab.psych.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2015/05/39-Decety-39.pdf

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797610374741?casa_token=kNRlwTonRDkAAAAA%3AbzbCxtAnDDbz1LjrIzTsE_2PCjG9sA1cVrtREzfxNTg7vUJVTwWIYmyQnDGPSvWoqrzRiakmYPYm

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-rejection-sensitivity-4682652

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6968853/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2022/04/19/a-psychology-professor-teaches-us-how-to-overcome-our-rejection-emotion/?sh=11267092345c

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734881/

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=e2691c89353ff81725350c097099c7d4799b3646

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/04/rejection#:~:text=Social%20rejection%20increases%20anger%2C%20anxiety,in%20Psychological%20Science%2C%202011).

https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2022/04/19/a-psychology-professor-teaches-us-how-to-overcome-our-rejection-emotion/?sh=11402d5b345c

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0:00.0	controversial subjects with the facts you'd be tense, but we are a
0:03.3	sub-science here to make things make sense.
0:06.3	Today we're talking about rejection.
0:09.1	What does it actually do to your body and brain?
0:11.7	Why does it hurt so much and what can you do about it to alleviate that pain?
0:16.3	Later in the episode we're also going to be talking about whether or not the bird flu is coming
0:21.1	for all of us as well as one of the biggest myths that you probably believe.
0:26.0	Whoa, okay.
0:28.0	Okay. Okay. Okay.
0:30.0	Yeah, big ones.
0:33.0	Rejected.
0:35.0	I mean I've been rejected many of times.
0:37.0	It does hurt so much.
0:38.0	That's why I wanted to do this because I'm just like constantly reject, reject, reject, reject, reject,
0:42.0	we're never in talking about the real reason when we get to the main body of the episode, but.
0:46.0	How you doing? I guess not good because you've been rejected.
0:49.0	Okay, we'll talk about it now.
0:52.0	No, I'm not going to talk about it, but I was rejected and it's,
0:54.8	I go kind of insane, but I'm going to save this for the other product.
0:57.4	Like what else is new?
0:58.6	Like what is going on?
0:59.6	Still gay, happy pride, moving on.
	...

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