I recently began taking an SOS medication to attempt the whittling down of the pain rejection sensitivity causes me when it's fresh and just starting re an event.

It's important I emphasize that there's no such thing as a biomedical silver bullet (phrase I learnt from people explaining why a vaccine is not going to solve all things covid) to manage rejection sensitivity.

And maybe this thread needs to be grounded in the fact that rejection sensitivity dysphoria functions as a knocks-the-breath-out-of-you-and-convinces-you-of-your-smallness-in-lasting-ways. As opposed to rejection sensitivity, a thing we all face by virtue of being human.

The SOS medication acts in a way that it slows down the barrage of information+deduced conclusions my mind draws in the immediate aftermath of a rejection (in different contexts).

It reduces the heightened levels of anxiety that fuel the initial burst of speed at which thoughts play out, that in turn become solid foundations for long periods of rumination, followed by a changed world-view about the backdrop event.

My SOS medication is not one I can (or wish to) use on the daily. It's easy to develop tolerance/dependency if used on the regular.

For situations that are not as painful, I have coping mechanisms learnt via the intersection of my (learnt) abilities + therapy. And those work on most days. But don't in certain cases.