Medically reviewed by Geralyn Dexter, PhD, LMHC Key Takeaways Rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) causes intense feelings from even mild rejection.People with ADHD are more likely to experience ...

Early in her career, author Emma Grey felt like rejection would break her. Today, she’s made rejection something to reach for ...

Hooray! You took a risk and put yourself out there. But after all of that emotional effort, it didn’t go as planned, and now you’re feeling just a bit wounded. Everyone deals with rejection at one ...

Rejection is painful. There's no other way about it. And most of us face it on a daily basis, whether it's that job you didn't get or a partner that broke up with you. Whether the rejection is large ...

Rejection is never easy to handle, especially in the realm of dating. While everyone experiences setbacks in their romantic pursuits, rejection often carries a uniquely heavy weight for men, striking ...

Rejection is an inevitable part of any challenging or meaningful endeavor. Sometimes, rejection is explicit and in your face. A prospective client may say no to the services you offer or a hiring ...

Let's be real—rejection sucks. Actually, "it sucks the big one," says Rachel Wright, LMFT, a licensed marriage and family therapist in New York City. Research even shows that the brain reacts to ...

Four days before my son was to be born, I walked away from my job at a Fortune 100 company to begin building my startup. I built a team of engineers and we were four months into our venture when I was ...

Handling rejection can be one of life's toughest challenges, especially when it occurs at work --- the place where you spend at least a third of your day, and perform your job duties to the best of ...

Rejection sensitive dysphoria occurs when you experience an intense or overwhelming emotional sensitivity to criticism or rejection. It can be a learned emotional response or you may be genetically ...