Getting rejected by a woman is probably the biggest thing most guys fear when trying to approach. It’s the main cause for approach anxiety. For some, the fear of rejection can become so strong and terrifying, that they will think of any pretext Poetry possible just to avoid taking action and going to interact with your ex they like. To be fair, getting rejected can be harsh. It can mess you up and give you a feeling of inferiority. It can make you an anti-social person and ruin your life – that is, if you allow it to go.
I once went to a night club with a somewhat timid friend. As soon as we got in, he headed straight for the bar and ordered a drink. After that he just stood there, along with his drink in his hand, watching women walk by. So i tried to get him to come with me and talk to some of them. As you can already imagine, he refused. Every time I gave him an excuse why he ought to it, he previously a convenient pretext ready. Now, what makes this story unusual here is the fact that he didn’t even disagree with me. He totally understood what I was telling him and didn’t try to assert with me but still managed to find enough reasons not to act.
I hope you already know where I’m heading with this story. His anxiety about rejection was so strong, that he decided just to stand there and watch me interacting with different women, even when he knew, that he should have done the same. The saddest part about this story is that he will never start to approach women when he doesn’t accept that rejection is something everyone of us can overcome.
I’m going to be honest with you. There is not much I can tell you that will change your behavior overnight. There are no magical words to “cure you” of approach anxiety or anxiety about rejection. Even if you agree with me 100% here, your anxiety about rejection will not disappear that easily. The only way to overcome these fears is to go out and gather reference experiences and this takes time. You are in the wrong place here if you are looking for a moment solution. Every major change in your psyche takes time.
Before shifting, I would like you to accept one thing: rejection can happen to you. Now this may sound harsh but take it into consideration, that even guys who teach pick-up and have been in the game for some time, still get rejected. The more you approach, the more you will see rejection. And it’s really totally okay to be scared. Don’t beat yourself up about it. Getting rejected is not a bad thing. Once you accept that, it gets easier. You will not be so scared anymore when approaching different women and won’t care if you get rejected. And here is the kicker: because your attitude towards rejection is dissimilar, you will get rejected less.
The secret of dealing with rejection is not to allow it to go get to you. If you manage to keep your emotional state calm before approaching and after getting rejected, the fear that usually comes in these staging will start to disappear. Getting rejected will assist you to learn from your failures. It will improve your approach and lessen the anxiety when interacting with a girl. You will eventually learn, that when you get rejected, it’s not always because you did something wrong. Sometimes, it has nothing regarding how you look or what you do. So, when you get rejected, don’t take it personally. Women have hundreds of different reasons why they rejected you and not one of them want to do with who you are.
To conclude this article and to give you a better understanding what I’m talking about, let me give you two examples of the behaviors of different men. One of them is your average joe who approaches girls rarely (if ever) and takes rejection dead seriously and the other is an alpha male who doesn’t care if he gets rejected or not.
The average Joe always hesitates before a method. He tries to get himself why he’s worthy to approach your ex. He gives her too much value and inadequate to himself. He thinks of all the things he could say to her and how she would respond. Finally, when she has mustered up enough courage to approach her, he walks over to her. He mumbles something (something she doesn’t even understand) and tries nervously and anxiously to hold her attention. She does not respond the way he wanted to and turns away from him. She has just gotten rejected. As he is walking away, he is devastated because he missed “his big chance” and hopes no one saw his approach. His will most likely not approach girls for a long time anymore.
The alpha guy sees girls he likes and starts, without hesitation, walking straight towards her. Nothing will stop him now and the possibility of getting rejected won’t even enter his mind. Like everyone, he might have some fear when he approaches, but doesn’t allow it to go get to him. When he opens the conversation, all the girl sees, is his confident good posture and relaxed attitude. From the outside, there is no search for of fear left in him. Even when he gets rejected, he won’t care and start over-analyzing why this happened to him. He won’t care if other people saw his “embarrassing” approach. He knows that she was just one girl and there are many women who would be happy to meet him. He finds another one he likes and approaches her.
The difference between the average joe and the alpha? It only depends how anyone can deal with rejection and approach anxiety. If you can brush it off like it’s nothing, you won’t become so outcome dependent and have more success in general. You will be more confident and free to act the way you want to.
So, all I can tell you here is to start approaching regardless how hard it feels. If you do it regularly, you start to enjoy it and your fears will lose colour. You maybe never lose your fear, but you will learn to deal with it. Never allow your fear shape your behavior, learn to overcome it. Remember, the only way you can avoid rejection and anxiety that provide it, is to stop interacting with women altogether. Do you really want to take that step?