Do you suffer from intense feelings of rejection? Do you experience deep emotional and physical intensity that is manifested without warning? Maybe you know someone who seems to be overly sensitive to perceived or real rejection and then presents irrational behaviour?RSD stands for Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. It can seriously impact the quality of life of an individual. If you experience intense emotional and/or physical pain when you perceive rejection, then you may have RSD.
Whilst it is commonly attributed to those who have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), and is not an officially recognised mental health disorder, the author felt it necessary to educate and help sufferers.This book will introduce you to Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) and help you understand what it is. You will discover who it affects and how it feels to suffer from it.
The Beginners Guide to Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, the first book in the series Understanding and Identifying Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, will teach you:
what Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria is
who it can affectwhat it feels like to suffer with ithow to understand intense rejection
what causes Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
how rejection is really triggered
behaviours that it presents
treatments for Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
next steps if your or someone close to you has RSDThe author, John-Paul Byrne, has RSD. He has experienced the challenges, intensity, inner turmoil and destructive impacts to relationships and well being as a result.Written from the experience of an RSD sufferer with a keen analytical, logical approach to solving problems, a passion for language and communication; this book is easy to read and can be used to educate yourself or as a tool to support someone else who has RSD. It is possible whilst having RSD to nurture a sense of being OK in the present moment. As stated, RSD is highly comorbid in other mental health conditions such as ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). This book intentionally focuses on RSD as there is very limited written material for RSD in isolation and yet would be valuable to so many sufferers.Those who suffer with RSD live an internalised experience of deep rejection. This internal experience is manifested at quantum speeds, with deep emotional pain and intensity experienced almost instantly with little understanding of how the mind got there so quickly. The only control we have is internal. The read