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Posted: Jul 19th 2007 10:59AM by Martha Edwards
Filed under: Emotional Health
It's a fact of life: we all have to deal with rejection at some point or another. Rejection is not just an emotional thing -- it's a physical feeling too, and studies show that the areas of the brain that are activated when one suffers from rejection are the same activated when an individual receives painful stimuli. And while it won't kill us, it still smarts. The health experts at CNN recommend the following when dealing with rejection:
Step back, and ask yourself if this rejection really matters in the grand scheme of things.
Don't dwell on it -- move forward and do your best to get over it
And yet, allow yourself to feel the emotions of rejection, which can be similar to grief. Just know when to pick yourself up and move on.
How did you deal with rejection?
Filed under: Emotional Health
It's a fact of life: we all have to deal with rejection at some point or another. Rejection is not just an emotional thing -- it's a physical feeling too, and studies show that the areas of the brain that are activated when one suffers from rejection are the same activated when an individual receives painful stimuli. And while it won't kill us, it still smarts. The health experts at CNN recommend the following when dealing with rejection:
Step back, and ask yourself if this rejection really matters in the grand scheme of things.
Don't dwell on it -- move forward and do your best to get over it
And yet, allow yourself to feel the emotions of rejection, which can be similar to grief. Just know when to pick yourself up and move on.
How did you deal with rejection?
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