((Fuzzybear))

You don't suck!

I'm reading a book called Don't Take it Personally! The Art of Dealing With Rejection. Feeling rejected is such a huge trigger for me that it's nice to have a whole book addressing it (although it is an old school self-help book with a lot of words and is not super well organized).

I agree with FW82; rejection makes me want to run and running makes me feel rejected. It is hard to get out of the cycle.

I wonder if it's partly practice? If someone takes 100 risks and 90 come out good, that's 90 times of positive feedback. If I take 1 risk and it isn't good, ouch! (Plus, my reaching out skills are rusty, so my chances of a good response might not be as high.)