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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Dionne Brighton

Rejection therapy is trending on TikTok - so, I tested it for a month to see if it lowered my social anxiety

Writer Dionne Brighton trying rejection therapy

Rejection is one of the hardest emotions to deal with for a girl with social anxiety like me. Often, hearing a "no" translates in my head to "you're just not good enough" - even if that's not the case at all. So when I saw rejection therapy on TikTok, I was intrigued.

With over 72 million views on the TikTok hashtag alone, rejection therapy started as a game. The idea of the rejection therapy challenge is to put yourself in situations where you will be told no, in turn becoming more accustomed and comfortable with the emotion.

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