ARE YOU AFRAID OF BEING REJECTED?

You want to send a message, but you delete it.
You want to express how you feel, but then you wonder:
“What if they don’t feel the same way?”
You want to apply for a job, but you’ve already imagined being judged.
You want to get to know someone new, but decide not to make the first move.
The fear of rejection can lead us to protect ourselves by not trying in the first place.
The problem is that avoidance may make us feel safer in the short term. But at the same time, it leaves us with fewer opportunities to experience something important:
A rejection does not necessarily mean:
“I’m not good enough.”
Being rejected can hurt.
But being rejected for something does not mean that your worth as a person has been rejected.
If your fear of rejection keeps making you shrink your needs, your opportunities, or your relationships, perhaps the question worth exploring isn’t only:
“How can I make sure other people don’t reject me?”
But:
“If I am rejected, what am I afraid it will say about me?”