Rejection Therapy: The Game You Win by Actively Seeking Out Rejection

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I know people who need this!

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From the perspective of you wanting to reject some people?

But seriously, I think it's a fascinating idea.

On a more extreme, exaggerated view of this idea, it reminds me of a scene in Fight Club (going out to pick a fight for the purpose of losing it...)

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"Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value."
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I am in rejection therapy all the time--I'm often the only old fogy in a group of 30 or 40 somethings.

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"You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life."

It's what songwriters have been saying for years, and now scientists agree – love really does hurt.

But what the ballads don’t tell us is that a simple dose of paracetamol could help ease the pain of a broken heart.

The rather prosaic cure emerged in a study by neuroscientists which found that emotional pain is processed in the same area of the brain as physical pain.
They also discovered that hurt feelings – such as being dumped by a partner – can respond to painkillers.

In a three-week trial at the University of California, 62 people were told to take either Tylenol – the American name for paracetamol – or a placebo and then record how they felt every night.

The study found those who took 1,000mg of the painkiller, or around two tablets, showed a ‘significant reduction in hurt feelings’ compared to those taking the placebo.

Another test involved participants taking part in a computer game which was devised to make some of them feel rejected.

At the same time they had brain scans, which showed the pain of being socially rejected was processed in the same area of the brain as physical pain – in the anterior cingulate cortex.

The scientists saw a correlation in the brain activity of people who had experienced social rejection and physical pain

The test was then repeated, with some of the group on painkillers. This group had less pain-related activity in their brains than those on a placebo.

Dr Naomi Eisenberger, an assistant professor of social psychology, said: ‘Rejection is such a powerful experience for people. If you ask people to think back about some of their earliest negative experiences, they will often be about rejection, about being picked last for a team or left out of some social group.

‘It follows in a logical way from the argument that the physical and social pain systems overlap, but it’s still kind of hard to imagine. We take the drug for physical pain; it’s not supposed to work on social pain.’

While the findings could help develop treatment for bereavement, for example, Dr Eisenberger said we should not start taking painkillers after a traumatic experience.

Emotional pain is probably a healthy response which tells us not to repeat the behaviour, she said, and dulling it could impair recovery.

The pill that could mend a broken heart: Scientists claim simple painkillers could dull the pain of rejection | Mail Online

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Only one Tylenol, mind you!

I see that as a dangerous game to play...especially if rejection doesn't come for a few tries. I'm getting tired just thinking about it.

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The voice in your head that says "you can't do this" is a LIAR!!!

Rejection to some comes easier than to others!

I do rejection therapy every time I read an email that says "Thank you for your interest in a job with our company...We'll keep your resume on records for six months and contact you if needed."...

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Two words, redd: recruiting agency. It's the only way to ensure an interview now days.

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The voice in your head that says "you can't do this" is a LIAR!!!