A woman is curing her debilitating fear of rejection by deliberately undertaking awkward challenges - and is becoming "immune to embarrassment".
Sophie Jones, 22, felt held back how much she feared rejection and deeply cared what people thought of her.
Then she read about the idea of 'rejection therapy' - desensitising yourself to rejection and embarrassment by exposing yourself to those situations regularly.
So Sophie, from Warrington, Cheshire, decided to tackle her fears by doing 30 days of rejection therapy - putting herself in positions she was likely to encounter rejection.
Sophie Jones, 22, felt held back how much she feared rejection and deeply cared what people thought of her.
Then she read about the idea of 'rejection therapy' - desensitising yourself to rejection and embarrassment by exposing yourself to those situations regularly.
So Sophie, from Warrington, Cheshire, decided to tackle her fears by doing 30 days of rejection therapy - putting herself in positions she was likely to encounter rejection.
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00:00 Day one of doing rejection therapy. I'm at this theatre production. I'm gonna ask somebody if I can sing on stage. I'm really nervous.
00:10 But I'm just gonna ask. I'm just gonna ask.
00:12 Hi! I'm an aspiring singer and I wondered if I could sing a song with the band.
00:18 Tonight? Yeah.
00:20 Um, right, well, can you see...
00:23 I did it!
00:24 She said go and find this lady but that lady wasn't there so I just left it.
00:27 But the funny thing is, the whole time I was watching that show, all I could think about was the fact that I had to ask this lady whether I could sing on stage.
00:34 And I asked her and it wasn't even that bad.
00:36 And that's the whole point of doing this. You're proving to your mind that things aren't bad as you think and that your brain just plays tricks on you and you can do whatever you want.
00:43 Day two of rejection therapy.
00:46 I'm gonna go into Domino's and ask them if I can deliver the pizzas for them.
00:49 I'm so scared and this is just so embarrassing.
00:52 But it has a greater cause. It has a greater cause.
00:55 This is so daunting.
00:57 Hiya! I just wondered if I could help deliver any pizzas.
01:05 Um, what, you have a job? Yeah.
01:07 Um, show me the bookshelf.
01:09 You can do anything I'll get it. Okay, cool.
01:14 No worries. Thank you.
01:16 What in the actual world?
01:20 I did it. I did it. I did it.
01:22 I did it. Someone just came over me. I wasn't gonna do it.
01:25 Literally nearly backed out and then I thought, you know what, just do it.
01:27 But I panicked and said I was looking for a job.
01:29 I'm not.
01:30 It's day three of rejection therapy and I'm really taking it up a notch today.
01:34 I'm at the park and I'm gonna ask somebody if they want to be in my TikTok.
01:37 Not even if they want to be. Can they be?
01:40 Excuse me. I wondered if I could ask you a question.
01:46 So, I do TikTok videos and I do presenting and I like ask people questions.
01:51 And I wondered if I could ask you a question for my TikTok.
01:54 You can, but just let me get this lead on because he's about to go running up.
01:58 Oh, no worries.
01:59 She was so lovely.
02:01 Come back tomorrow for day four.
02:03 Day five of rejection therapy.
02:05 I'm here at Monkey Forest and I'm gonna shout, "I love monkeys!"
02:09 I'm really nervous.
02:11 Okay, fine. It's going.
02:13 I love monkeys!
02:16 It was a bit nerve-wracking, wasn't it?
02:19 I'm at the supermarket and I'm gonna go ask if I can have a tour of the warehouse.
02:24 I do feel like my confidence is growing, but it's very anxiety-inducing.
02:30 I need to find somebody to ask.
02:41 Excuse me. I wondered if I could have a tour of the back rooms.
02:45 How do you mean?
02:46 Like the warehouse bit.
02:48 I don't really think we can have a tour of the back rooms.
02:51 Is it not something that you're allowed to look at?
02:53 You're not a store-eye, or?
02:54 No, I just was curious.
02:56 So, like, if I could apply for a job kind of thing?
02:58 Yeah, just to, like, see.
03:00 Yeah, I'm gonna ask you. See you in a minute.
03:02 Okay.
03:03 He basically came out and said no, but he's really super friendly.
03:07 I can't come get in bed at this.
03:09 But I was shaking. Nerve-wracking.
03:11 I'm at Tesco's and I'm gonna ask somebody if I can have something out of their shopping basket.
03:16 I'm getting really nervous.
03:27 Excuse me. Could I have that?
03:32 There's another one there.
03:34 Oh, sorry. Thank you.
03:37 There's another one here.
03:39 Oh, there it is. Thank you.
03:41 Oh, that's probably cracking me up.