Today I’m talking about fear of rejection, because I think it’s one of the most powerful forces shaping human behaviour.
A lot of people who are people pleasers or nice guys have built their whole lives around avoiding it, without even realising that’s what they’re doing.
The thing I want to challenge is simple: what if the real problem isn’t that other people reject you, but that you’ve already rejected yourself and you’re just terrified of them confirming it.
That’s the heart of this episode.
If you’ve spent years avoiding conflict, overexplaining yourself, hiding your true feelings, saying yes when you mean no, or staying silent when you want to speak, then you probably think you’re afraid of rejection.
But I want to suggest that what you’re really afraid of is shame. You’re afraid that someone else’s reaction will “prove” the ugly story you already tell yourself…
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