Rejection therapy is a social media trend that encourages people who fear rejection to make an odd request of a stranger once a day. Michelle Panning tried the challenge for 30 days on TikTok. Out of ...

You can always count on TikTok to reveal new mental health trends. The newest one, called “rejection therapy,” encourages those who suffer from social anxiety to seek out rejection so they can become ...

Maureen Evelyn's life changed forever when she applied to Harvard. It's not because she got in. Her goal was actually the opposite − she wanted to get rejected in order to build confidence. "When I ...

Michelle Panning, a relationship coach, documented herself trying "rejection therapy" for 30 days. It's not an officially recognized therapy, but two therapists said it's a form of exposure therapy.

No — it’s a small word at the center of a growing social media trend. It’s called rejection therapy, and some experts said it may have some health benefits. Based on a card game, rejection therapy was ...

The idea of being rejected is pretty terrifying for most people—it’s right up there with a root canal. But recently, TikTok creators have attempted to ease their fear of rejection with an unorthodox ...

Being rejected is never fun—or is it? Most of us spend our lives trying to wipe these embarrassing moments from memory, however, on TikTok a recent trend sees people actively seeking out opportunities ...

The women, from all walks of life, claim to be practising “rejection therapy”, a self-help concept which essentially means becoming desensitised to knock-backs through habitual exposure to rejection.

(CNN) — Out of the crowd, Michelle Panning picked her target, an unsuspecting man she didn’t know, and asked him an unusual question. Her hands shook as she pointed her phone camera on herself. “Can I ...