How do I stop obsessing over whether people like me? I thought by middle age I’d feel comfortable enough in my own skin to say, ‘take it or leave it.’ But I still get upset by even minor (or imagined) rejections. Why does this still bother me so much, and how can I care less?
Guest column by Jelena Kecmanovic
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