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because 'backlash' is a strong rejection of something.
'backlash' - strong rejection of an idea.
Other studies have found that friendships can help reduce the stress caused by rejection or teasing in school-aged children, and also reduced the risk of dementia in older populations.
Don't connect up the rejection with everything you fear and hate about being you.
These artists began with these ideas as a rejection of abstract expressionism.
So if you have a kind of negative gut reaction, one of defensiveness or fear or anxiety or rejection, maybe try to move past that and see what's available afterwards.
Doling out a flat-out rejection can be intimidating.
So, when I reflect on my rejection phase, I think, "Gosh, my body language must've been exuding desperation and low status and low value, low self-esteem."
I'm like, "Dad, fine. If you think my life is so easy, why don't you go to some open-call auditions? And you understand how hard it is, how much rejection I face every day at my job."
Psychologist Helen Fisher's study revealed that rejection can increase someone's attractiveness to us.
Maybe this feeling started when you were little, you learned to hide parts of yourself because of or rejection.
Silence or distance can feel like rejection.