Why Does Everybody Hate Me? On rejection sensitivity

The book on a towel on a boat deck in Mallorca, next to sunscreen and sunglasses

reading this one in mallorca

The book I keep recommending. I read it on a boat in Mallorca.

Alex Partridge founded UniLad and LadBible and hosts the ADHD Chatter podcast. In Why Does Everybody Hate Me? Living and Loving with Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria he writes about his own experience with RSD: the intense emotional reaction to rejection, real or imagined, that the book describes as common among people with ADHD.

What it covers

How RSD affected his career, relationships, mental health and imposter syndrome, and practical steps to rebuild boundaries, confidence and self belief.

The one idea to keep

You are not “too sensitive” and you are not broken. That alone makes it worth picking up.

Source: Why Does Everybody Hate Me?, Alex Partridge (John Murray Press, 2026).
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