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Rejection really hurts but most rejections inflict damage to our psychological well-being that goes way beyond mere emotional pain. Here are ten lesser known facts that describe the various psychological impacts rejections have on our emotions, thinking, and behavior. Let's begin by examining why rejection hurts as much as it does.

Your Facebook friendships have great potential to enrich your emotional life by expanding your social horizons beyond the people you would normally interact with at home or work. Unfortunately, though, just as Facebook can bring you up, it can also bring you down. The ending of a Facebook relationship rarely occurs in a mutually agreed-upon way.

People usually wish they had higher self-esteem because they want to feel more confident and assured. But having higher self-esteem can do much more for us than simply boost our confidence.

The power of emotional validation; dealing with another person's anger

Anger and depression co-occur about 50% of the time. By using hard logic to quell excess anger, you can protect yourself from resurgences of irrational fits of anger that can amplify, agitate and prolong depression.

You can choose not to react negaively -- you don't have to react

Study Suggests Some Types of Food May Help Ease a Sad Mood July 25, 2011 -- When we are feeling sad, many of us reach for comfort foods such as chocolate, ice cream, or chips. Now new research helps show how these foods boost our moods.