Attachment style is influenced by early environmental experiences with your caregivers. If you felt like your needs were not consistently met, felt unsafe, or as if you couldn’t count on support from ...

The fear of rejection can easily overpower you, making you feel alone and inadequate. Everyone feels that way sometimes, but those who are resilient find strength in the connection with someone they ...

Evolutionarily we were not meant to exist in isolation. Inside, each of us has an innate fear of not being accepted or having our contribution shunned by the community we feel the strongest resonance ...

A woman has revealed how making strange requests from strangers as part of her 'rejection therapy' has helped overcome her fear of embarrassment. Sophie Jones, 22, from Warrington, has been ...

Maybe I'm nuts but I don't mind rejection much. I know it's normal to get rejected 10, 20, 40 times before I may need to get the message I'm barking up the wrong tree. I developed my thick skin from ...

Rejection is an inevitable part of the entrepreneurial journey, and how you handle it can be the difference between burning out and breaking through. Whether you’re facing challenges with investors, ...

The fear of rejection -- familiar to many children and adults -- can significantly impact how kids behave in their peer groups, according to new research. Imagine you're a child in a classroom, and ...

The degree to which discomfort, apprehension, anxiety, or fear can manifest and cause impact will vary between individuals and in relation to different kinds of struggles or scenarios. Plus, having ...

Saying “no” at work can be a scary thing to do for many professionals, and this fear is often driven by concerns about disappointing others or missing out on future opportunities. Overcoming FOSN—or a ...

Fear of intimacy is an intense fear of being physically, intellectually, or emotionally close to another person. Also called intimacy avoidance or avoidance anxiety, a fear of intimacy is often caused ...

Entrepreneurial guru Patrick Bet David tells a story so painfully bewildering I can hardly believe it’s true. Several years ago, a heavy manila envelope arrived in the office mail. Inside was a thin ...