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Moving forwards

While feelings of rejection are unpleasant, they are temporary. An individual can take
active steps to help them get over their rejection and stay productive. For a teen who
is struggling with rejection, making the decision to do things that will enable them
to move on will help them to feel more in control of the situation and their feelings.

Look after yourself Talk things through

Feelings of rejection can make you Discussing a problem with
feel drained, both emotionally others helps you to reflect on
and physically. Eating healthily, what went wrong and to gain
sleeping well, and staying perspective when things feel
physically active will keep overwhelming. Some people
your body healthy, and help find counselling helpful,
kick-start your mind into preferring to confide in
recovering from the setback. someone they don’t know.

Engage in physical activity Meet new people

Keeping active is a great way People have a natural desire
of distracting yourself from any to be liked, and so they tend
negative thoughts and feelings to emphasize their positive
prompted by a rejection. It qualities when they meet
can feel good to be working new people. Attending an
towards a goal. Activity also event or engaging in a
makes the body release hobby where you’ll meet
endorphins, its natural new people will make you
mood elevator. see yourself in a new light.

Learn something new Make plans
Taking up a new hobby or learning Having a diary full of plans
a new skill encourages you to and arrangements helps you
stop focusing on the rejection. to find the fun in your life
It transforms negative feelings again. Engage in activities
into positive experiences that with others or on your own –
remind you of all the skills, it doesn’t matter. Throw
and the value, you have. yourself into whatever excites
you, be it meeting up with
friends, sport, or studying.

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