​​ ​ ​ Discovering “rejection therapy” ​ ​​​I don’t think ​“​doom scrolling​”​ had been popularized ​at this time ​yet, but that’s what I was doing one day when I came across a couple of articles on ​“r​ejection ​therapy.​” The general concept is to minimize the fear of rejection by ​having the experience of hearing “no”​ as much as possible. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​​ ​ ​ In April JVECC, ​ The Vet Journal ​ , ​ Canadian Veterinary Journal ​ , ​ Veterinary Clinics of North America ​ ​ , ​ ​ ​ and ​ Vet Record ​ rejected my papers. ​ ​ ​ ​ Rejection therapy: My turning point ​ ​​​I decided to get out of the house and went to my first gay bar on purpose. ​ ​ Further reading ​What I learned from 100 days of rejection (Fast Company)https://www.fastcompany.com/3045858/what-i-learned-from-100-days-of-rejectionWhat is rejection therapy, and can it really heal social anxiety? Take the rejection therapy challenge (The Guardian)https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jul/24/if-you-are-hurt-by-rejection-then-take-the-rejection-therapy-challengeEwan Wolff, PhD, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), (they/them), comes from Washington, DC originally and is a board-certified internal medicine specialist at BluePearl NE Portland.

Source: The Guardian May 21, 2024 02:26 UTC