Rejection from others often stems from their own past traumas, limitations, and fears rather than a genuine assessment of an individual's potential.

“Studies on psychological projection show that people often reject others' ideas because of their own fears, insecurities, or limitations. This is surprising because their no may have nothing to do with your idea, your potential, and everything to do with their past and their issues.”

People often project an ideal version of their partner onto them, and realizing that the partner is simply a flawed human can lead to disillusionment.

“People actually get resentful of someone not being who we projected onto them. We've been sold the lie that someone's going to complete us. So, we project an ideal onto them.”