Feeling Rejected Means Feeling "Dissed"

By Elayne Savage, PhD

 

Most of us would agree that mutual respect is essential to building relationships – both work and personal.

If you sense someone isn’t respecting you, you’re receiving (and likely responsively giving out) a message of pushing away or rejection, rather than a message of receptivity or acceptance.

Nonacceptance feels like disrespect, which brings up a myriad of rejection issues.
In other words, feeling rejected usually means feeling "dissed."

 

Here is my "Diss List"

What other 'diss' words can you think of?