Rejection therapy is a social media trend that encourages people who fear rejection to make an odd request of a stranger once a day. Michelle Panning tried the challenge for 30 days on TikTok. Out of ...

The idea of rejection can send chills down your spine, especially if you’re the type who values acceptance. Rejection therapy is a social experiment and self-help trend that’s taking over social media ...

(CNN) — Out of the crowd, Michelle Panning picked her target, an unsuspecting man she didn’t know, and asked him an unusual question. Her hands shook as she pointed her phone camera on herself. “Can I ...

Michelle Panning, a relationship coach, documented herself trying "rejection therapy" for 30 days. It's not an officially recognized therapy, but two therapists said it's a form of exposure therapy.

I’m the type of person who apologizes to inanimate objects when I bump into them. I overthink every text. I rehearse how I’ll ask a question in a store, then bail and Google it instead. In short, ...

The women, from all walks of life, claim to be practising “rejection therapy”, a self-help concept which essentially means becoming desensitised to knock-backs through habitual exposure to rejection.

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