Rejection Sensitivity: When Rejection Feels Like Proof You’re Not Enough

Episode Overview Why can a delayed reply, a critical comment or a relationship ending feel so emotionally overwhelming? In this episode, we talk about rejection sensitivity — the tendency to strongly react to real or perceived rejection, criticism or exclusion. We explore why rejection can feel less like a single disappointing moment and more like proof that you’re unwanted, unimportant or not enough. We also look at how this can lead to overthinking, over-explaining, apologising, withdrawing...