How not to take rejection and disappointment so personally in your personal and professional relationships

The Presidential Meeting That Made My Skin Crawl

Feb 28, 2025

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Elayne Savage, PhD

The bullying that took place in the Oval Office between President Trump Vice President Vance and President Zelenskyy was an embarrassment and not worthy of the respect deserved by the office of the President of the United States.
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Categories: Abuse, Anger, baiting, belittling, Bullying, bullying, Current Affairs, Disrespect, Dissed, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, insulting, J D Vance, lashing out, Lashing Out, mocking, name=calling, Permission, Personal Boundaries, Politics, Power and Control, provoking, PTSD, Rage, Rejection, Resilience, resilience. PTSD, shaming, Taking Personally, teasing
I’m Honestly Very Scared

Jan 31, 2025

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Donald Trump’s misinterpretations, exaggerations and even lies are scary but I find his cullt-like influence on his impressionable followers the most frightening! Too often it leads to viciious attempts to attempts to silence those who disagree with their MAGA view…
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Categories: Abortion, Anger, Anxiety, AnxietyBill Doherty, Avoidance, betrayal, Betrayal, Cult, Cult leader characteristics, Cult of Trump, Cult of Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Fear, Joe Navarro, Kamala Harris, Liz Cheney, loyalty, Loyalty/Betrayal, MAGA, Political Campaigning, Politics, vindictive retaliation
My Mother’s Plane Keeps Crashing

Jan 31, 2025

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Responding to the horror of the Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines plane crash where 67 people perished in the Potomac River, Donald Trump’s response before any evidence of the cause was to blame the 58 year-old Diversity Equality…
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Categories: Abortion, Black Hawk and American Airlines collision, Communal grieving, Compassion, Current Affairs, DC, DC-3, DEI, Diversity Equality Inclusion Act, Donald Trump, Grief, lack of compassion, Politics, Potomac River, Washington DC
A Sense of Entitlement Causes Some Problems

Dec 31, 2024

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Donald Trump is a terrific teaching tool about all aspects of Entitlement, And it seems many folks are following his example. I notice it happening all around me –– and in myself as well.
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Categories: Entitlement, entitlement, grandiosiity, narcissistic.Golden Child.need to please
Why Do Political Campaigns Guilt-trip Us to Donate?

Nov 30, 2024

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Have you been feeling blind-sided into donating to certain political campaigns during this election cycle – blamed or shamed or guilt-tripped?
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Categories: Blame/Blaming, blind-sided, Bullying, Current Affairs, Donations, Guilt-tripped, Political campaigns, Political contributions, Politics, Shame, shamed, Taking Personally
Election Campaign 2024: Rejections, Accusations and Psychological Projections

Sep 30, 2024

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Elayne Savage, PhD

Psychological projection is the tendency to unconsciously see certain traits in another person –– traits you cannot acknowledge them in yourself. These might include anger, sadness, fears, insecurities, vulnerabilities, and dependency. It might include your tendency to be stubborn or…
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Categories: Accusations, Anxiety, Blame/Blaming, Blind spots, Blind Spots, Bullying, Current Affairs, Disrespect, Lying and Liars, Personal Boundaries, Political Campaigning, Politics, Psychologial Projection, Psychological Projection Projection, Rejection, Rejection, Taking Personally

How not to take rejection and disappointment so personally in your personal and professional relationships

The Presidential Meeting That Made My Skin Crawl

I’m Honestly Very Scared

My Mother’s Plane Keeps Crashing

A Sense of Entitlement Causes Some Problems

Why Do Political Campaigns Guilt-trip Us to Donate?

Election Campaign 2024: Rejections, Accusations and Psychological Projections