Ostracism, Shaming, or Social Exclusion
A developmental context where a person experienced repeated rejection, shaming, or exclusion from peer groups, family systems, or communities. Belonging may have been withdrawn in response to difference, mistakes, or visibility, rather than repaired through connection. Over time, this can shape heightened sensitivity to social threat, avoidance or over-adaptation in groups, difficulty trusting acceptance, and an internal expectation of being pushed out or judged.
