Listen to Part 1 Here

What begins as a conversation about rejection sensitive dysphoria goes somewhere deeper in Part 2.

Lara and Emma continue exploring RSD, emotional sensitivity and the ways our experiences can shape how we react to rejection, criticism and relationships.

Because sometimes it isn’t simply about overthinking an unanswered message.

Sometimes the things we’ve lived through matter too.

The conversation moves into relationships and experiences of abuse, and how looking backwards with a different understanding of yourself can change the way you interpret things that happened in the past.

There are still tangents. There is still humour. Because apparently even when discussing serious things we remain completely incapable of travelling in a straight line.

CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes discussion of abuse and abusive relationships. Please listen with care.

We’re not doctors, therapists or diagnosticians. We’re two women talking honestly about our own experiences, what we’re learning and the things we’re beginning to understand differently in midlife.

If you or someone you know has been affected by the issues discussed in this episode, support is available:

National Domestic Abuse Helpline
0808 2000 247
nationaldahelpline.org.uk

Refuge
refuge.org.uk

Women’s Aid
womensaid.org.uk

Victim Support
08 08 16 89 111
victimsupport.org.uk

Rape Crisis England & Wales
0808 500 2222
rapecrisis.org.uk

Karma Nirvana
0800 5999 247
karmanirvana.org.uk

Galop
0800 999 5428
galop.org.uk

International support
findahelpline.com

If you are in immediate danger, call 999. If it is unsafe to speak, call 999 and press 55 when prompted.

Expect honesty, swearing, tangents and occasional attempts to get back to the point.