How to Heal Rejection

Rejection feels bad. It impacts your self-esteem and decreases your confidence. If you don’t heal the negative emotions that come with feeling rejected, it will hold you back. Working through your feelings and healing the pain will help you build resilience. You will regain self-confidence.

In order to heal rejection, you have to process the emotions that come along with it. A great way to do this is through journaling. You can write about how you are feeling and create a little bit of separation between you and the feelings. It will also help stop rumination because you will get the thoughts out of your mind and onto paper. As you reflect on what you have written, you will begin to understand how feeling rejected has affected you. You can soothe yourself and create a supportive environment around you. 

Be careful not to add to your feelings of rejection by criticizing yourself. Remember, he is not looking at pornography because there is something wrong with you. You don’t have to compete with the porn. Don’t compare yourself to the women he is looking at. Acknowledge your self-worth. You can use affirmations to remind you of your strength and value. You are enough. You deserve a healthy and happy relationship. 

Living a healthy lifestyle with a positive mindset will also help heal rejection. You will be able to draw on your coping skills to help you. A healthy lifestyle includes things like self-care, a solid support system, and self-compassion. When you take good care of yourself, you aren’t as vulnerable to negative emotions like rejection. The people in your life will support you with unconditional love and acceptance. Lean on them when you need to. Practice self-love. You can give yourself all of the love you will ever need. Everyone else’s love is a bonus.