How much of your worth is tied to what other people think?
Low self-worth doesn’t always look like a lack of confidence. Sometimes it shows up in how much weight you give to other people’s opinions, approval and expectations, and how little you give to your own.
Rejection hurts, but the story you add can hurt more
Rejection can hurt for reasons that go far beyond the event itself. Sometimes the real sting comes from what we start believing it says about us, even if it's not true.