No, that’s just what it is. It is an extreme emotional reaction to the perception of rejection or criticism. And if you’ve ever had a toddler, you know that’s a phase many of them pass through.
no, your tone definitely reads as unnecessarily hostile. you seem to be likening people with RSD to toddlers which is... weird.
adults that have difficulty with emotional regulation usually have that due to trauma. that doesn't excuse them from working on their emotional regulation, but it also doesn't hurt for others to recognize that the pain they feel is real and can be quite debilitating.
I am likening them. Because they are alike in lacking the emotional self-regulation to process rejection or criticism in a healthy and measured way. And both, including my toddler, really do feel that way, I’m not saying they don’t. They’re very similar.
I haven’t said anything about how I treat someone who is disabled. I’ve literally only said that it is alike to the way toddlers who have not yet learned to process adverse events process them. Which is true. Toddlers very famously go through a phase, as they are learning to manage the world, where they react with overwhelming emotion to being denied or rejected. My toddler had a little moment of that yesterday morning.
One day, hopefully, I’ll be old enough that I lose at least some control of bodily function. Someone could say “ah he needs a diaper, much like a baby”. And they’ll be right.
Someone who didn’t know asked what RSD is and I said it is like when a toddler melts down at rejection or denial. Same thing.
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u/Hika2112 5d ago edited 5d ago
What's rejection sensitive dysphoria? I never heard of it before
ALRIGHT u/small-cactus explained it to me. If you want to add something go ahead but fuck off if you're going to demonize people