I walk into someone. "Sorry"
I try to help someone. "Sorry"
I bump into an inanimate
object......"Sorry"
It's come to the point where people in my
life have acknowledged it and become annoyed.
This was the video that really made me realize what I was doing.
Although I don’t believe in the gender secluded aspect of the
video, I found it really described me and what I always do in those certain
situations.
I believe the real reason it's a reflexfor me at this point is that I try to find a way to avoid conflict and find
peace with people. I find joy in knowing people are happy and content so I feel
if I apologize for what I did then it’ll help them
What I think it’s done is give me an image as if I was weak and
needing acceptance of everyone. I find people try to walk all over me. I definitely
notice I can be passive at times which is a part of my constant apologizing.
I decided I needed to be taken seriously so I've now pledged to myself to only apologize when I need to.
Love this, Vanessa. I am also a kind of person who always say "sorry" to avoid conflict, but sometimes that even makes me more vulnerable.
ReplyDeleteThis happens to me all the time! Saying sorry is almost an instinct reaction for me - I'm working on changing it because a lot of people sure as hell find it annoying! Oops, sorry! lol
ReplyDeleteHaha, Canadians are notorious for overusing the word sorry. Totally true! Great post. - Jeff
ReplyDeleteI am a serial apologizer so I definitely think I'm going to give this a try!
ReplyDeleteI think I have this problem as well! I need to stop doing it so much as well! #sorry
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