Rejections are a part of life. They are normal and happen to everyone. Start re writing your perceptions of rejections of any kind with these three words : rejections are normal.
If you need somebody else to tell you that you are special, then you have done nothing to earn it own your own.
People have babies to save their marriage. People have babies so that the babies can fulfill their unfulfilled dreams. People have babies because the society has deemed the right to have a baby. These are few of the reasons to have a baby. But you are bringing a fucking life into this world, are you mentally prepared?
A person is not born ready. The person has to learn how to learn not what to learn. The person can think, but does not know how to think, which is why it cannot learn how to learn. This might seem confusing to you but it will become clear once you listen to my podcast. Teaching what to think stops the person from learning how to think and since the person doesn't learn how to think, it grows up to be confused and clueless regarding how to deal with this world.
This was supposed to be your parent's job. But today even the parents are probably messed up. So listen to my podcast if you are ready to get your feelings hurt.