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Why lack of response feels more rejecting than criticism

I made something I thought was good but the silence from people I sent it to feels worse than any negative review would

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Absence of feedback creates interpretive vacuum filled by abandonment fears and worthlessness assumptions.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Criticism and the creative response?”

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