High Rejection Sensitivity makes my attention in general more flinchy. Rather than just explicit rejection, you can think of this as a high sensitivity to negative feelings in general
Good point. Do you or does anyone else have any insight into why these tendencies might be more prevalent with ADHD?
Some ideas:
? More getting into trouble and more failure and underperforming leads to more negative experiences involving condemnation and judgement.
? Reduced inability to self-sooth and in general to manage emotions leads to equivalent incidents being felt more keenly.
“Those who are permanently ill, long term, — if they don’t want to succumb to neuroticism — are forced to discover and embrace their lives outside the mainstream narratives.” -JKPaw
Good point. Do you or does anyone else have any insight into why these tendencies might be more prevalent with ADHD?
Some ideas:
? More getting into trouble and more failure and underperforming leads to more negative experiences involving condemnation and judgement.
? Reduced inability to self-sooth and in general to manage emotions leads to equivalent incidents being felt more keenly.
Both of those seem true. There’s also the thing where the time dysregulation means now often feels like forever.
Have you seen this SSC posts which posits that rejection sensitivity is a result of being diagnosed with anything, and not a symptom of ADHD?
https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/08/14/ssc-survey-results-adhd-and-rejection-sensitivity/
ah, missed that one. Thanks!
A nice one from the comments:
“Those who are permanently ill, long term, — if they don’t want to succumb to neuroticism — are forced to discover and embrace their lives outside the mainstream narratives.” -JKPaw