How do you react to 'social rejection'?

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I don't even know how this makes any sense whatsoever due to its context... I mean, under normal circumstances, social rejection would involve perhaps a former friend's rejection, right? Now, I never had many of those, so I suppose that made no difference and perhaps also it might be why I give the tiniest s**t about this, but... it just came as a surprise is all. So... was innocuously messaging another (first message ever too!) and suddenly it's labelled 'abuse'? Like, I seriously have no clue about anything with regards to this person except that they're in the military, so perhaps it's just their being their usual as*hole self? I don't suppose everyone is, but I haven't interacted with many and y'know if one happens to do with just a single one and this is the weird result, then... besides the fact, of course, that militaries generally are the mindless aggression of nations... of course.

I just hate that my life is so empty that I actually feel some nonsense when some weird s**t like this happens, I mean for f**k's sake I don't know this person from Adam, why do I suddenly have adrenaline rushing through while sleep deprived?

I ignore things that don't matter to me, like petty rejections from people I don't care about. If I get randomly yelled at or threatened on the street I ignore it, though I keep the location or situation in mind as a future precaution because I have a tendency to get caught in sketchy situations and places. I learned that any unnecessary fear someone may have to a short or stupid confrontation is just instinctual. Any response also takes too much effort and it angers the aggressor a lot more if I say nothing. You don't really need their approval because the right friends and people do exist to give us that, we just have to know where to look.

On the other hand, I have severe anxiety issues with being trapped or unable to respond and having someone exploit, criticize, or manipulate me. I worked in a gas station and every day the same customer would come in and insult me repeatedly the whole time I was there until I left three weeks later and I couldn't say anything because I would have a hard time finding my next job. They weren't breaking any rules apparently and I was expected to meet their demands, which included things like knowing what their membership info was, knowing the names of their kids, knowing their birthday, name, etc. They had no idea I was juggling work, school, and my own life, and believed that my whole purpose was to serve them, even when I wasn't working, confronting me outside of work. That is the kind of thing I haven't yet figured out how to handle while keeping myself quiet. On top of that, Aspergers makes dealing with emotions harder. Despite me supposedly having a thick skin to observers, I'm fairly sensitive on the inside (to everything, not just confrontation/insult) and over time stuff like this leads to avoidance and hostility for me.

I fear social rejection. I think it stems back from late childhood when I was horribly rejected by my peers, and it sticks with me now, only it's turned into a fear. I'm scared to be told "I wasn't talking to you" when joining in a group conversation. I class that as a form of rejection. Also I don't always know what to do when a group of my colleagues are chatting; do I go up to them and join in? I want to join in, especially if I see them laughing and joking (meaning it's not a private conversation), but I'm worried in case they might think I'm 'following' them. But if I don't join in and sit alone, they might think I'm unsociable.
Yes I got a lot of the "don't follow me" s**t at school too, when I was trying to be someone's friend. I was just so desperate to have friends and I didn't want to be seen on my own.

God I wish I was NT.

The most of my social rejection share I received at my second school (age 10-15).
I decided - they are dumb, I'm not. I brought myself a book every day and read it for all the free time. I don't need broad social circle. Actually, I don't feel comfortable with more "friends" than I can keep track of.

I move on. I’m pretty aloof anyway.

The adrenalin rush probably has two kickers. One is our keen sense of justice or lack thereof. The other could be the "flight" mechanism - get out of a confusing, hostile situation. I found that getting lots of exercise was very helpful for processing the reactions. I also recommend meditation as a general antidote to the overstimulation of modern life.
From time to time, you will meet people who are just having a bad day. Military men may be under great stress, but unable to react to the officers causing it, putting them on a hair trigger for any other excuse. My ex used to attack people regularly for accidentally reminding her of past abusers in any particular, such as an article of clothing.
I used to think that manners were just stupid old rules, but now I see them as handy tools for not making anyone's bad day worse, while leaving things open for improvement.

I take it with a grain of salt. If people can't accept me as I truly am, it's their loss and that goes for family members as well.

IT HUETS me extremely

Smthing like that happened to me years ago on Facebook
There was some discussion aboyr a news piece which i dont even remember now
Anyway i wrote questions

essentially saying i dont know why NATO is allowed to bomb civilian areas n force thousands to evacuate n become refugees isnt that also considered terrorism?

N then they wd resent them n then it festers n what can be done?

n i wrote aboyt my personal experience with that in my birth country

(not me but at the time an entire province had to be evacuated n there were thousands of refugees n they were extremely depressed so i met a taxi driver who had to leave his family farm n saw it being bombed on tv)

Then some random military man started accusing me of bek v a muslim terrorist with lots of swear words/insults etc
I hadnt at all said anything in support of terrorism i had a completely different topic n outlook

N then he said stuff about how he was going to kill me n he went on my facebook profile n got my info n tagged his fellow soldier friend
N i explained to his friend i was like ‘im just asking a question? Im literally not educated in this n want to know??’
N then his friend private messages me n had a long char apologizing n saying his friebd had become v angry from his experiences n training
N he doesnt mean it
N he wd explain it to him etc
N it ended well

God that thing tortured my mind fr ages
The problem is a part of u feels guilty fr inciting anger in someone else n u want a logical explanation
N if u do t know the reasons n motives then u always feel a big Question mark

I react to social rejection horribly. As a kid, I struggled with making friends and in the end, most of my peers ostracized me. I feel like this influenced how I am in social interactions in present time. I stray away from mostly every social situation and I stay quiet in gatherings. I try to be as aloof as possible acquainting to another person. I don't want to be perceived as some obsessive character toward other people because I was like that as a kid. This trait that I have now dissolved took a toll on how I made friends. Unfortunately, friendships don't last long for me because of how aloof I am. But when I experience what I consider social rejection, I self-deprecate and emotionally shut down.

I care less about being accepted into a group I enter than feeling rejected by old "friends." I have a terrible issue maintaining friendships, and it hurts deeply to have invested so much emotion fruitlessly.

I respond to this by not making new friends or at the very least keeping new people at a comfortable distance.

I think some may say that "self fulfilling prophesy" is at play in what I'm going to say about my reaction to 'social rejection', but I don't think so:

I've lived long enough to where I assume that in a group even if I'm engaged with others people in the group will usually gravitate towards others in the group and the longer the group interaction goes on the more singular I'll become.

Being neurodiverse for me in a group of NT people is real. The differences in the rate of processing social information is real. Missing social cues or not understanding them until much later after recounting the experience is real.

I've never felt incomplete by being solitary. The contrary is true for me in that being around others, varying in degrees from little impact (my closest family) to extreme impact, is draining and detracts from me being "complete" (ie whole).

In all, 'social rejection' hasn't bothered me for most of my adult life.