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{{Infobox term
| name = Auto-rejection
| also = pre-rejection, self-rejection
| field = Inner game
}}
'''Auto-rejection''' is rejecting yourself (or her) in advance so the feared rejection never has to arrive from outside. You don't open; you decide she would have said no. You flake first. You friend-zone yourself.

It is the inner-game twin of [[approach anxiety]] and a common engine under [[one-itis]] (better to keep the fantasy than risk the no). The [[Newbie assignment]]'s "hi" days exist to make auto-rejection expensive: you are not allowed home until the reps are done.

== See also ==
* [[Approach anxiety]]
* [[Outcome independence]]
* [[One-itis]]
* [[Average frustrated chump]]

== Sources ==
* <code>C:\Users\Robert\Desktop\glossary.md</code> (2024-01-09), local PUA crib sheet. Encyclopedia expansion, not a paste.

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