Anxiousness of rejection is one of
the largest things that keeps us back in life, but particularly in
relationships. The irony nonetheless is that rejection is actually
preferable to indifference, and that the result will only be the same
as if we were to avoid ever putting ourselves on the course in the
first place.
For example the most common time
when most of us are afraid of rejection is when we are planning on
asking someone out. If we are so afraid of rejection that we never
come near or ask that person, then this will mean that there is a
certainty we wo n't end up dating them which is no different from
what would happen if we were to be turned down. At the same time
though, if we at least ask and at least approach the person we are
interesting then we have a possibility of getting the positive
response that we want. At the same time if we try and fail then we
will still have the power to move on and to bookend the situation
rather than just wondering what might bechance. At the same time you
increase your chances by putting your wellbeing on the line thus
demonstrating both exposure and courage, and you also learn from the
experience either way. There is every reason then to try and to take
a chance regardless of what you think the outcome is, and yet so many
of us stay frozen in inactivity thanks to fear.
To get over this is simply a
matter of learning to put your wellbeing out there more, and learning
to get over social inhibitions which can be achieved by putting
yourself in awkward situations and learning that they 're not that
bad, or by using CBT to change the way they think about things.
Tell yourself it's a learning curb
and that it does n't matter. We do n't grow as a result of success,
we mature as a result of failure. Rejection only makes us stronger.
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