A Guide to Overcome the Fear of Rejection – 3 Important Ways

Rejection comes with different phases of life and individuals once face that phase, they start fearing rejection. This fear on the other hand affects the mindset of the individuals in too many ways, and he experiences life in a way that he shouldn’t be experiencing. So, to not face the rejection again they do or say things that they wouldn’t want to do or say, and reach to a level where it becomes difficult to realize who they actually are. 

Because of such experiences, where they have been rejected once or several times, they behave in a certain manner that they shouldn’t be. Now, how rejection impacts our lives we will see in detail in the below part of the article.

Here’s what you need to know –

1. Believing what you do not agree to –

What happens is when you start fearing rejection, you do not put out your perspective because you think you wouldn’t be accepted if you oppose to what others believe.

This usually happens in peer groups, society members, and in other social interactions where people show off their mentality, perspectives, share opinions, make decisions, and debate about what should be right or wrong. And in such situations, we keep our side safe by agreeing to what they believe without considering what do we believe in.

2. Trying to change your perspective –

Since every individual is different, their perspectives differ as well. Everybody looks at the world differently. Their point of view about certain things cannot always match with that of others, so these people who fear rejection changes their perspective about certain things in accordance with others opinions to not feel inferior while putting out what they think about certain things.

3. Imitating the behavior of others –

The fear of rejection leads to copying others. That means that people start to act, talk, behave, and walk in same manner as some people do to not get rejected for being different.

Basically, people along with the fear of rejection, also fear to be different from others which leads to a permanent habit of ignoring their self to fit in the society or the group they stay in.

4. Experiencing emotional breakdown –

Because of depending on the opinions formed by others about them, people face continues mood swings and emotional break down on daily basis. They make a habit of doing or saying things as per other wants them to, and become mentally stressed because of unable to do or say what they want.

5. Purposely doing people favors –

To be accepted wholeheartedly, without a rejection, people hesitate to say no to others because what if they leave or do not accept them as a part of their lives?

So, they do everything they are asked as help to maintain a healthy relationship with others, and not lose a company which may make him lonely afterwards. 

6. Experiencing lower self-esteem –

When people fear rejection, they look for self-acceptance. Their happiness depends on the approval of people. So, they do only things that would seek others attention and will be accepted as per other’s opinion. And if they do not get approved by others, they feel rejected. That is why they continuously try to let people make them feel better about themselves or else they will mentally become stressed.