What is this webinar about?
Rejection Sensitivity is a powerful and often misunderstood aspect of neurodivergent experience. Drawing from our own practice and unique research, this session offers a grounded, compassionate exploration of how rejection sensitivity shows up in everyday life and relationships.
- Learn what fuels it
- How it impacts the nervous system
- and what supports regulation and acceptance.
Why our approach to understanding rejection sensitivity is different:
This isn't just another overview of emotional dysregulation, it's a deep dive into the lived reality of Rejection Sensitivity from a neurodivergent-led perspective, backed by emerging research that reframes emotional pain not as overreaction, but as a measurable, embodied response.
We’ll explore how Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) affects people with ADHD and Autism in unique and overlapping ways, including groundbreaking insights into nervous system responses, interoception, and we present our own research into the potential link to the stress-induced physical condition, Takotsubo syndrome.
We believe that RSD is not a pathology it’s a message from the body that deserves validation, not dismissal.
Who is this webinar for?
Whether you’re neurodivergent yourself, supporting someone who is, or working in mental health, education, or advocacy, this session will help you:
- Understand how rejection sensitivity actually works (and why it feels so intense)
- Discover the latest thinking around RSD as a physiological and neurological process , not just an emotional one
- Explore tools for regulation, self-acceptance, and sustainable connection
- Learn how RSD relates to trauma, social anxiety, and low self-esteem
- Feel seen, affirmed, and informed, without shame or pathologising language
This is about recognising the pain, understanding the process, and changing the narrative - together.
