# Rejection Alarm Play

- Link: https://clearingintheforest.org/rejection-alarm-play/
- Published: 2026-10-17T20:37:46+00:00
- Author: Saal_clearingforest

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[ All pages ](https://clearingintheforest.org/?page_id=267#pages)

 [ Learn ](https://clearingintheforest.org/the-rejection-alarm/) [ Play ](https://clearingintheforest.org/rejection-alarm-play/)
[ Toolkit ](https://clearingintheforest.org/rejection-alarm-toolkit/) [ References ](https://clearingintheforest.org/rejection-alarm-references/)

Practise where mistakes cost nothing

# Play

Two games that train the same skill: catching the alarm before it decides for you.
Scores only ever go up. Nothing here can be lost.

 [ Read the message ](https://clearingintheforest.org/rejection-alarm-play/#ra-game)
[ Stories ](https://clearingintheforest.org/rejection-alarm-play/#ra-story)

Game 1 · trains "check the facts"

## Read the message

Sometimes it really is rejection. The game trains you to check first, not to pretend
it never is. Round 6 shows the difference. Based on how rejection sensitivity reads
hurt into unclear signals[Downey 1996](https://clearingintheforest.org/?page_id=25#downey-1996)
and on rethinking as a way to lower a feeling.[Webb 2012](https://clearingintheforest.org/?page_id=25#webb-2012)

Game 2 · the rejection loop, played out

## Two stories

The story follows Downey's loop: expect it, spot it, react, and real distance follows.
[Downey 1998](https://clearingintheforest.org/?page_id=25#downey-1998)[Romero-Canyas 2010](https://clearingintheforest.org/?page_id=25#romero-canyas-2010)
Jo and Alex are invented.

Educational material, not medical advice.