Dealing with Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) in Business, is today's topic and in this episode we dive into one of the trickiest challenges many neurodiverse entrepreneurs face: Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD).

Rejection hurts. But for neurodiverse entrepreneurs, it can feel brutal, demoralising and lead to feeling inadequate and a failure. In this week's episode, we tackle Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria head-on-with laughs, stories, and strategies you can actually use.

ISSUES COVERED IN THIS EPISODE
From feeling crushed by a “no,” to spiraling when someone doesn’t reply to your email, we get very real (and a little hilarious) about how RSD shows up for us in business. Expect stories about masking, marketing ghost-towns, and even how car clamping can be used as stand-up comedy training. Yes, really.

But this episode isn’t just about the struggle, it’s about coping mechanisms, answers and insights develped over the years.

We share the practical (and sometimes surprising) coping strategies that actually work, from scripting replies before you need them, to building rejection “resistance training,” and talk about how improv cvan take the sting out of sales.

If you’ve ever felt like rejection is sabotaging your business dreams, this one’s for you. Tune in for the laughs, stay for the “aha!” moments, and walk away knowing you’re not alone in this.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 - Introductions
00:00:20 - Hannah's week
00:01:45 - Stu's weekend
00:03:07 - This week's topic: Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria
00:04:57 - Masking, criticism and emotional reaction to "rejection"
00:07:18 - Hannah's story about how RSD turns up in business owners
00:08:35 - Third party RSD for other people
00:09:04 - Perceived "rejection" from lack of response to marketing
00:12:29 - Waiting for the proof you're not very good
00:14:55 - Coping with "no" as a business owner
00:15:50 - Why be self-employed if you face hearing "no" every day?
00:17:10 - Reframing the negative feedback
00:18:20 - Does anticipating the "no" reduce the intensity?
00:18:40 - How improv helped Stu manage his RSD in a sales role
00:20:15 - Reviewing self imposed exposure therapy
00:21:51 - Building resistance to RSD and coping strategies for entrepreneurs
00:25:21 - Strategy to deal with waiting for feedback & overcoming objections
00:27:03 - Scripting responses before time helps with support needs
00:28:30 - Strategies to deal with "brutal" feedback to your best ideas
00:30:50 - Discussing our feedback strategies
00:31:35 - How does Stu cope with RSD in the past and now?
00:34:41 - When "nice" rejection causes you to die inside
00:36:02 - Hannah's revelation about her Uncle's shocking crime!
00:36:50 - Confidence (is the preference of the habitual entrepreneur...)
00:39:22 - Crumbling confidence and the impact to future projects
00:40:28 - Stuart's early lesson in removing the emotion from business
00:43:10 - Coping mechanisms developing overtime
00:43:58 - Becoming a car clamper as training for stand-up comedy
00:45:58 - Coping mechansisms and dealing with RSD, progress not perfection
00:47:26 - Energy levels and coping with RSD
00:48:14 - Richard blocks me on social, email and phone. WHY RICHARD. WHY?
00:49:16 - How "gig hygiene" helps regulate0, restock and reward yourself
00:50:30 - RSD roundup and review
00:51:31 - Thanks, like, share, subscribe and email in!
00:55:17 - Julius Caesar's last breath!

When Julius Caesar let out his last gasp, it carried about 25 sextillion air molecules (yep, that’s a 25 with 21 zeros). Within just a couple of years, those molecules spread across the entire planet. Fast forward to today—chances are, at least one of them is riding along in your very next inhale.

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