Why does rejection feel so painful, sometimes even years later?

In this episode of Just Be, therapist Sophia Spencer unpacks the science of social trauma and the emotions that come with it: shame, humiliation, guilt, and embarrassment.

You’ll learn about:

• Social Trauma — how exclusion and humiliation can overwhelm your nervous system.
• Social Emotions — why shame and humiliation exist to protect belonging, not punish you.
• Neuroscience of Rejection — how the brain processes social pain like physical pain.
• Reliving & Healing — why old wounds reactivate.

Because the pain of rejection isn’t weakness, it’s your brain’s proof that you were wired to belong.

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