Corrina RawlinsonFounder of She's Honeslty Mental

When Trauma Makes Rejection Hurt More | Healing Rejection Sensitivity (RSD) & ADHD Emotions

8 Oct 2025

Watch on YouTube

Corrina Rawlinson explains how past trauma amplifies rejection sensitivity in people with ADHD. Returning to places where you were verbally abused can trigger stronger RSD reactions. She describes reframing your old story and building a new narrative when you re-enter those situations.

One of the biggest things is, is that RSD is amplified by trauma. So when I put myself back into a situation where I've been verbally abused and I choose to go back in there, I am more likely to have experiences of RSD because of what's happened in the past. What I do is, as I go out into those situations, and I go, okay, like, this has happened before is the old story, and we're building a new one.