Help for Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)

[Ima Freeman]

Anybody here has a proper strategy for dealing with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria in case of a neurodivergent person having problems to communicate and contextualize rsponses from others.

 

I'm not a fan of pathologizing too much, but this morbitity just hits the nail on it's head for me.

I have the tendency of generalizing that others dislike me, with leads to hating others in general, withdraw and self medicate.

Edited 8 hours ago by Ima Freeman

[Ulax]

If its ADHD-related, consider meds

Learn frame-control

[TheCloud]

Part of my ongoing process for handling criticism is giving up on my various misconceptions that I either can control others or would at least be better off if I could.  That's ultimately what avoiding criticism is, is controlling other people in such a way that criticisms can't come out, whether it's through perfectionism or defensive reactions or total avoidance.  In the end, none of those strategies are enough to defeat the final and greatest critic that is myself, which means they fall fundamentally short in keeping me safe.

Acknowledging over and over that every time I fall back onto those methods, I'm falling back onto a failing method, a failure that I am presently going to experience, is how I keep driving myself forward in transforming my controlling efforts into connecting efforts.