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How to overcome Rejection in dating for good!

Trey Hamilton
6 min readSep 11, 2022

Do you remember the last time you felt rejected? Was it a guy that never returned a phone call or text?

Or a girl that flaked in the last minute only to flake again?

Rejection hurts. It stings. It makes us feel like we’re not good enough. It causes us to question ourselves and wonder if anyone will ever really truly want us or love us for who we truly are.

But I learned a long time ago rejection isn’t something we should be afraid of.

When it comes to dating, I have learned there are two ways that we can use rejection to leverage those moments of pain, to be the greatest catalyst to our dating success and proof of our value and uniqueness.

Rejection is projection

A psychological projection is when someone subconsciously employs undesirable feelings or emotions onto someone else rather than admitting to or dealing with their own unwanted feelings. This is much like a few writers on here who feel the need to bash genders to get their point across.

When we can see how the rejections we face may have more to do with another person’s…

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Trey Hamilton
Trey Hamilton

Written by Trey Hamilton

Author - The First Date Fix - Dating Coach - Content Creator -Dog Dad | follow me for some ramblings of a millennial who has dated. A LOT! TheFirstDateFix.Com

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