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Social avoidance for me has been rejection avoidance. (Not unusual, I'm sure.) But rejection avoidance feeds into rejection intolerance. Rejection, socially, is part of life for anyone who socializes. Emotional health, I think, is bolstered by developing the ability to roll with the rejections. But a lifetime of avoiding the rejections, by avoiding the social risks, leaves me with no inner tolerance for getting the occasional rejection. I get devastated all over again every time. I feel like I didn't pay the dues to be able to cope.
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