{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Right Here","title":"Taking It Personally","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2274,"description":"They didn’t text back.\nMy boss sounded annoyed.\nMy partner seemed distant.\n\nAnd suddenly your brain has written an entire story: They’re mad at me. I did something wrong. I’m too much. I’ll never be enough. Taking things personally often happens in the space between what actually happened and the meaning we assign to it. An unanswered text becomes rejection. Feedback becomes failure. Someone else’s bad mood becomes evidence that we’ve done something wrong. But an interpretation isn’t necessarily a fact. In this episode of Right Here, hosts Christopher Mooney, LCSW and Kenyon Phillips, LMSW explore why ambiguity can feel so uncomfortable, how rejection sensitivity and past experiences shape the stories we tell ourselves, and why an unclear moment can quickly become a verdict about our worth, competence, or belonging. The conversation also offers a simple way to slow the spiral: separate the event from the story. What actually happened? What meaning did your mind add? And what are two other explanations that could also be true? Alternative explanations aren’t about pretending everything is fine—they’re about refusing to judge yourself on incomplete evidence. Not everything is about you. But the feelings that get brought up are still real. The work is learning how to stay curious long enough to find out what’s actually true.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hrVb9XtgefYFYiDTiu-pm9zJDTjA00WD5IX1-PS6I74/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83Y2Uz/ODI4YWYwYTNlYjYz/MTgwYjU0ZmJjNGJi/YmRiZC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}