Thursday, August 21, 2014

Fearing the Pain of Rejection



"People suffering from social anxiety fear the pain of rejection, so they preemptively reject themselves. They exile themselves from society, deeming themselves unfit for it – and then project that self-condemnation on to others, seeing them as cruel and insensitive bullies, when in fact it is they who are bullying and condemning themselves. (This is what philosophers call ‘alienation’ – you create a God, raise it above you, and then cower beneath it.)"

Jules Evans

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