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Why Do I Always Apologize? The Childhood Root of Over-Apologizing
If you say sorry constantly, even when you've done nothing wrong, it isn't a personality quirk. It's a conditioned response that was formed long before you had a choice about it. You bump into someone and say sorry. You ask a question and start with "I'm sorry to bother you." Someone else is in a bad mood and you find yourself apologising, even though you have no idea what you did. You apologise for taking up space, for having needs, for existing in a way that might inconveni
Steffen Moessner
Apr 217 min read
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