@kargoroc replied to your post: [[MOR] things that don’t help when someone...
Thank you for posting this. My SO and I both apologize “too much”, and while he’s very patient with me I can sometimes be very impatient with him and the occasional reminder is so important!
tbh i am always saying ‘it’s okay it’s not your fault but thank you’ when people apologize to me for things that could never be their fault. And people also need to remember there is a difference between a sympathetic ‘i’m sorry’ and a conditioned response versus the legitimate needed apology.
I’ve apologized for shit i never could’ve done at least twice as much as apologizing out of sympathy or out of legit fault on my part.
and it is actually helpful to tell people with traumatic pasts that are the cause for their ‘compulsive apologizing’ that it isn’t their fault but it’s ok to apologize anyways. that you aren’t upset with them. Because usually we automatically assume we’ve irritated people with our apologizing. And it ends up being a loop of apologizing for apologizing for apologizing.
and it’s actually helped me apologize less as I gain more support and understanding for my compulsive apologizing and start shedding what was conditioned.
we should not have to feel like we need to apologize just for having an original fucking thought, which is what i most often apologize for. Or I apologize for being upset. Because I had to. because otherwise my life would be hell if i didn’t apologize for being upset.