Why Does Everybody Hate Me?

Living and Loving with Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria

De: Alex Partridge

Narrado por: Alex Partridge

Your boss asked you for a chat, and you just knew you were going to be fired
You didn't sleep all weekend, and you weren't fired

Someone answered your message with a thumbs-up emoji and you just knew they hated you.
So you stopped talking to them, they eventually stopped texting, and now you miss them like crazy

Someone went for a bathroom break mid-film, and you just knew it's because they think your taste in films is terrible
You were so upset you missed the rest of the film, and they left early

Rejection is physically painful for you. Even the most minor criticism stings. And why wouldn't it? By the time you were 12, you'd received 20,000 negative messages about yourself, your brain and your unique ADHD way of living life.

20,000.

Alex Partridge knows how it feels to live with Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), the state of emotional dysregulation experienced by almost everyone with ADHD. Throughout his journey from successful entrepreneur to neurodiversity campaigner and host of the hugely successful ADHD Chatter, Alex has been haunted by the fear of rejection, labelled 'over-sensitive', and fought constantly against the desire to people-please and protect himself from emotional harm.

In Why Does Everybody Hate Me? Alex draws on his own experience of RSD, and shares how it's coloured every aspect of his life, from his days as founder of the global social media content brands UniLad and LadBible, to his adult relationships, his mental health struggles and his terrible imposter syndrome. He'll use the insights he's gained from the world's top experts on ADHD to share with you some simple steps to regaining your boundaries, your confidence and your self-belief.

You are not 'too sensitive' - nor are you broken. You were always enough.©2026 Alex Partridge

Reseñas de la Crítica

[Alex's book] is thorough, articulate, beautifully written, and validating for people with RSD. It is perfectly crafted for all those whose lives are distorted by perceptions of being hated, but who here can feel seen and accepted. A wonderful and much needed contribution.

In a world with plenty of information, you can trust Alex to really care about helping people with ADHD symptoms such as RSD not feel alone, providing hope that progress, not perfection, is the safest goal.

RSD is very real; Alex knows what he is talking about, and is a crucial voice on neurodivergence. This book is a great tonic for anyone who struggles with rejection.

It takes a true visionary and a genuinely passionate advocate to take on something as painfully misunderstood as Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria, and Alex Partridge is that person. This passionate and profoundly moving book speaks directly to all those who struggle with one of the most challenging elements of ADHD, reassuring them that their lives do not need to be blighted by these awful feelings and offering them a guiding light in the darkness. Brilliant, honest, beautiful, and essential reading for all of us in the ADHD community - and beyond.

So few people understand how painful RSD is to live with, and how it can affect every part of someone's life. Alex really gets it. By bringing RSD out of the shadows in this brilliant book, he takes away the stigma and the shame, replacing them with compassion, understanding and hope.

RSD is a very real threat to the mental health of so many people - it's hard to understand the almost-physical pain that rejection can cause unless you've experienced it yourself, thousands of times. Why Does Everybody Hate Me? is a long-overdue and much-needed book: finally, someone is talking about the huge emotional burden that the neurodiverse community carries, and offering compassion, support and advice that can genuinely make a difference.

Alex is so good at opening up the conversation about the most difficult and distressing parts of life with ADHD - this is such a helpful book for anyone who wonders why they constantly feel so ashamed and broken. Lots of practical advice, lots of kind words to support the reader - this book will make a huge difference to very many people.

Once again Alex has produced a book that is essential reading for people who are living with ADHD. Understanding RSD is vital for the person who has ADHD and the people in the lives of someone who has ADHD. Alex explains with kindness,compassion and wit, how to live with RSD and no, everyone doesn't hate you, it's RSD!

RSD is subtle and now it all makes sense

At times a little repetitive, however this book (and his podcast ADJD Chatter) revealed issues I was facing where I knew deep down fear which was stopping me from really living. I’ve sought to understand it for years.
The book explained many relationship dynamics in my marriage and work life. I cried a lot and grieved what I didn’t know until now. But truly appreciate knowing so I’m not buying into the lies in my head put there by people who didn’t understand me.

Excellent description of RSD

As a late diagnosed woman with ADHD this was truly validating on do many levels. Highly recommended to ADHDers, parents of, and friends and partners of.

Absolutely loved it !

Thank you so much for writing and publishing this book. Truly helpful for all those seeking help.

Thank you!!

Thank you so much for this book! It's a perfect example of my brain. I'm so grateful for this & grateful to know I'm not just plain crazy.

Thank you Alex

This book has made me smile, laugh, cry, gasp, and scream "yes" out load. I knew when I first heard the term RSD that it has had an impact on my life, but in the very first chapter I realized some of the things in my life I have not been able to figure out how to heal from is because of RSD. After listening to this entire book within the past two days, I feel more seen and understood within myself than ever before. I also feel like some of the techniques shared my Alex could be benifical to me in life and have already set up the trigger word or code word with some people in my social circle. Thank you Alex from the bottom of my heart for this book.