Every once in a while someone will HATE me on sight like actually... or they will go out of their way to make sure I know that they are ignoring me upon introduction. This isn’t “all in my head” so please don’t invalidate. Two such incidents happened last year and I played it cool in the moment but inside I was burning. You’ll forgive that the specifics are too painful to enumerate. When this happens every fear I have about my self worth gets reinforced.

I’m all for accountability in general, and that’s what makes these situations especially painful. I forgot what my shrink said TBH. DAE experience this? What coping mechanisms do you use?