Dear Solutions Lab, my first paper from my PhD has now been rejected three times. My co-authors are really supportive, but I can’t help feeling embarrassed and a bit deflated. How do you deal with the feeling that maybe it’s you, not just the paper, when rejections pile up. I haven’t told them yet about the latest rejection, but I expect the last author has also got the same system notification, but they haven’t been in touch and it’s been a few days.
— Feeling a little flat!