3 Reasons Why Rejection can be Beneficial

Rejection gets a bad reputation. It’s definitely not a comfortable experience and of course it stirs up some negative emotions, but can it be good for us in a way? I think so. After all, how much do we really learn when things are going well? Here are some reasons why rejection is a good growth experience:

1. Rejection helps you narrow your path: what in the heck do I mean by this? Where one door closes, another opens. If you’re getting rejected, it means that you’re taking action and if you’ve gotten rejected recently, it means that you’ve received more information on what direction you should go in. That’s all it is really. I had a friend say once that she aims to take the emotion out of problems and this is definitely one way to do it.
2. Rejection can grow your sense of self worth: now hear me out, this one can. be difficult with certain types of rejection but let’s look at an example. Say a guy you’re dating suddenly ghosts you. You have a few options. You can a) self flagellate and wallow in self pity or b) recognize that you deserve better and seek it out and be grateful you dodged a bullet. I’m not saying that getting to point b is easy but it is doable.
3. Rejection can increase your sense of self awareness: any intense negative emotional reaction is a gift because it’s your insecurities, fears, self conscious thoughts etc coming to the surface. Only when you’re aware of something can you work on it.

Anything can be a growing experience if you let it. It’s normal and beneficial to cry it out and feel your feelings, but getting stuck in that helps no one.

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