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Being rejected is a terrible feeling—nobody denies that! If you put yourself out there by asking somebody out, telling someone you’d like a second date, or saying you’d like a relationship to become more serious, and they don’t feel the same way, it can feel like you’re standing in front of an audience naked. But just because something feels awful, doesn’t mean we should do something awful in response. That’s when we end up in a downward spiral of doing something that only makes us instantaneously feel better, but down the road, feel worse.

Plus we can use rejection as a learning opportunity. There’s always a reason somebody turns us down—not a personal one necessarily—but a reason that says something about human relations. Here are unhealthy ways we often deal with rejection, and the healthier ways we should.

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Image Source: Shutterstock

Unhealthy: Negotiating

Don’t negotiate. Don’t say, “I wasn’t thinking anything serious—I just meant we could grab coffee or something.” Don’t try to get part of what you wanted.

 

 

 

 

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