Rejection sensitivity dsyphoria and ACTUAL BULLYING (plz offer advice)

bignosegirly0

I’m autistic and struggle horribly with rejection sensitivity dsyphoria.

When I feel rejection, whether Its real or not, my heart falls and shatters like a piano and I spend days crying and mourning over the incident. I get sent down an emotional spiral which is tricky for me to escape.

Obviously, with a condition that makes me highly sensitive, it’s likely to attract bullies who GENUINELY want to hurt me and make me cry for laughs.

I can never stop crying like a little bitch and end up giving the bullies what they want, causing them to do it again.

What are some helpful techniques?
Please help, I’m feeling hopeless at this point.

ebyrne556

Hey @bignosegirly0 i’m so sorry I thought you are going through bullying at the minute. It’s really hard to deal with and we are here if you wanna talk more about what’s been going on. Someone who is also neurodivergent I really relate to this and I just wanted to say that you’re not alone and feeling like this I feel like it’s such a hard thing for everybody but we can really take it personally and I think even like the small things like people making corrections to you And for example example like when I used to do taekwondo I used to take it really personally when somebody said that I was doing something wrong, I think what has helped me has been trying to not ignore what people are saying but kind of go into my little happy place whenever they are saying things I got to me this can be really hard to do but thinking of things that make me happy Normally does help. I also think that having a few like positive affirmations like I am doing the best I can, I’m worthy of self love things like that Have also really helped me, especially when I’m navigating situations where I feel like people are putting me down. Ultimately is definitely really hard to advocate this and I hope this helps even a little bit and I’m thinking of you and we are all here if you wanna chat You’re not alone