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HEALTH TRAVEL HOW TO DEAL WITH REJECTION LIKE A BOSS

Got dumped? Don’t beat yourself down. Here’s how you can deal with it and come out strongerg DON’T FORCE THE ISSUE MATE AVOID FALLING INTO THE TRAP OF SELFPITY IT AIN’T APOCALYPSE

- Abhinav Verma abhinav.verma@hindustant­imes.com

Rejection in relationsh­ips tends to be an awkward situation for the person who gets to hear a no. There are probably two situations where a person has to deal with rejection. First is when you ask someone out for the first time and you get turned down. The second one is when you are already in a stable relationsh­ip and out of nowhere your partner drops the bomb saying, “No, this is not working out anymore.”

However, problem with rejection is, if it isn’t dealt with in a mature manner, it can send us into a landslide of f self-doubt and can turn your nights into an endless marathon of eating ice cream m in self-pity and watching romantic movies. So, with thee help of experts, here a few tips which help to rebound from rejection like a boss. This applies for all the singletons who get used to hearing no when they ask someone out. Remember you can’t force people to go out with you. Take it in your stride, and move on. “Don’t let rejection consume you in anger and feeling of self loathing. It will affect your ability to attract a potential partner in future,” says relationsh­ip expert Shivani Misri Sadhoo. If you keep persisting even after someone says no, then you might end up on social media as that guy who can’t handle rejection. Just because your relationsh­ip ended, it does not mean you wallow in self-pity, and think you are not good enough. “When a person doesn’t handle rejection well, they are prone to physiologi­cal and emotional consequenc­es such as depression, and low self-confidence,” explains Sadhoo. Rejections does hit hard, but it doesn’t mean you stop caring about things like career, health and the most important, your friends. “Some of us, when rejected, think it’s the end of the world. We stop talking to our friends, and stop taking care of our health, and slack at work. Avoid getting stuck in a destructiv­e pattern of self-loathing. Remember its friends who motivate you and are there for you, so don’t alienate them,” says Sadhoo.

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