ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Social rejection

Social rejection is when someone doesn't want to be friends with you or be around you. It is like when your friends don't want to play with you at recess and instead they play together without you. It can make you feel sad, left out, and alone. It can be hard to understand why someone rejects you, but it could be because they don't think the same things are fun, because they don't like how you look or how you act, or because they don't like something about you. It's important to remember that everyone gets rejected at some point and that it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with you.