Exploring RSD and double empathy through the lends of trauma, connection, and healing.

Tonight at 7 PM EST, I’m releasing a new video on YouTube—a reflection on Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) and the double empathy divide. For many trauma survivors, these experiences are not just about misunderstanding; they are the echoes of real rejection and abandonment from those who were supposed to care.

In this video, I’ll read from a blog post I first wrote when I was sitting with that fire, with that ache of not being understood. It’s a piece that still feels alive to me, and I hope it might bring resonance and comfort to anyone who has walked a similar path.

[Watch tonight at 7 PM EST on my YouTube channel → https://youtu.be/kWsaaeawCfY

Thank you for being here with me. If these words echo something inside you, know that you are not walking this path alone. The fire of rejection and the ache of being misunderstood can feel isolating, but there is a quiet strength in naming it—and in knowing someone else sees it too. Tonight, as I read these reflections aloud, I hope you’ll feel that connection, that sense of being deeply seen and held, just as you are.

With Love,

Raya

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