Echoes of ‘Not Enough’: Healing the Wound of Rejection from Psychological and Emotional Abuse

In this episode of Wildly Her, we dive into how rejection can shape our identity. Rejection doesn’t always show up as a single moment. It's on replay when we're under psychological and emotional abuse. Sometimes it becomes a quiet narrator in our minds and it begins to shape how we see ourselves, how we love, how we show up, and what we believe we deserve. In this episode, we walk through the subtle and sneaky ways rejection weaves itself into identity: the defensiveness, the people-pleasing, the perfectionism, the isolation, addiction, and even self-hatred.

I share how these patterns form, why they feel so powerful, and how they’re actually rooted in old survival wiring and not truth. And then we’ll shift into hope. Because the brain is not fixed. The identity shaped by rejection is not the one you’re bound to.

Together, we’ll explore the science and soul of healing. The neuroplasticity of the brain brings the hope of the rewiring process that helps you quiet the old narratives, build new neuropathways of worthiness, and reconnect with the parts of yourself that rejection tried to bury.

This is the episode that reminds you: You are not defined by who walked away, who abused you, or who failed to see your worth. Your mind can heal. Your identity can be rewritten. And you were never unworthy to begin with.

TRIGGER WARNING: ABUSE AND TRAUMA

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