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I was thinking that you'd actually ask out people you're attracted to. Why would you be nervous to be rejected by someone you wouldn't actually want to date and

• munificent 5y ago
  > I was thinking that you'd actually ask out people you're attracted to. At that point, you're not doing "rejection therapy", you're just asking people out. > Why would you be nervous to be rejected by someone you wouldn't actually want to date and thus weren't invested in the answer? The premise behind rejection therapy is that some people do feel intense anxiety about being rejected even in cases where the stakes are low like this, and deliberately seeking rejection is essentially exposure therapy to get over that.
  • beaconstudios 5y ago
    OK I could keep trying to come up with off-the-cuff examples and you could keep throwing asterisks on them, but instead I'll just say this: I think you can do rejection therapy with the public without putting people into a weird place.