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Understanding Rejection Sensitivity
- Rejection sensitivity is a common and understandable response to repeated rejection, especially in people with ADHD.
- The emotional pain may not always come from actual rejection but from perceived rejection scenarios we create ourselves.
Rejection Sensitivity Is Survival
- Intense emotional responses to rejection are adaptations to repeated rejection rather than a disorder.
- Dysfunctional family environments in ADHD can cause survival responses, like rejection sensitivity, that need validation rather than pathologizing.
Addressing Rejection Coping
- Avoid rejection by addressing coping mechanisms like disengagement, people-pleasing, and perfectionism.
- Challenge these behaviors to reduce pain and increase vulnerability and connection with others.