Coping with rejection

[Beelzebub]

I was wondering if anyone had any tips for dealing with rejection and the pain and insecurities it causes. Also, how does one move on from a mindset that every time something goes wrong that you jump to suicide as an answer?

 

[neenie]

I agree that rejections can be very dishonoring experiences :/ I cope with them by relying on support from my friends, reminding myself that whatever I applied for was extremely competitive and was rigged at my disadvantage, as well as focusing on other activities (I always make sure I engage in one activity that has a goal similar to the thing I was rejected for and another one or more with a guaranteed and predictable outcomes that only relies on me). Stay strong!

 

[usernamesarehard]

Honestly, I don't think I have anything. I couldn't cope with rejection for a very long time. It wasn't until I found someone that I started to be ok. Now I'm on dating apps and getting matches and messages and that helped me a lot. Like yeah, there will be people who reject me, but there are people who are into me too. Now I'm kind of being rejected in a different way, but I'm ok with that.

I know you can't just make people like you. But I honestly think the best way to be ok with rejection is to find some people who like you. Which is unfortunate because if you could you wouldn't be making this post. It's a classic catch 22. You need validation to feel better, but you wouldn't feel bad in the first place if you had validation.