Overcoming Rejection: How Psychotherapy Can Help You

Rejection affects all aspects of your adult life

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Everyone has experienced rejection either in their public or private lives. Perhaps your best friend wants some alone time when you want them to go out. You feel put off and rejected.

However, sometimes rejection goes very deep and begins in early childhood.

This article will focus on rejection and how going to a therapist can change your life forever.

It Often Begins in Early Childhood

It is no secret that children rely entirely on their parents for protection and daily needs. What happens to children when their emotional and physical needs are not met? They grow up feeling cold, alone, and rejected by those they should have been able to count on for everything.

Parental rejection is the absence or withdrawal of love, warmth, and affection by parents who are self-absorbed and not interested in their children’s emotional or physical health. There are four different types of parenting styles leading to neglect and abandonment.

Hostile and aggressive. In a hostile parenting style, one parent tries to undermine their child’s relationship with the other parent. These parents often view their children as…